New York Laws
Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers
3-A - Restrictions Upon Holding Public Office or Employment of Persons Removed From Office for Certain Reasons.

§ 3-a. Restrictions upon holding public office or employment of
persons removed from office for certain reasons. Any public officer
who, upon being called before a grand jury to testify concerning the
conduct of his office or the performance of his official duties, refuses
to sign a waiver of immunity against subsequent criminal prosecution, or
to answer any relevant question concerning such matters before such
grand jury and who, by virtue thereof, has been removed from such public
office by the appropriate authority or who has forfeited such office at
the suit of the attorney general shall not be capable of holding a civil
office or public employment for a period of five years from the date of
the removal from or forfeit of such public office.

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