NYSentencing

§ 180.57 Rent gouging in the first degree.
  A  person  is  guilty of rent gouging in the first degree when, in the
course of a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing course  of  conduct
in connection with the leasing, rental or use of three or more apartment
units, the rental price of which is regulated pursuant to the provisions
of federal, state or local law, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept
from  one  or  more  persons  in  three   separate   transactions   some
consideration  of  value, knowing that such consideration is in addition
to lawful rental and other lawful charges established  pursuant  to  the
provisions of such federal, state or local law, and upon an agreement or
understanding that the furnishing of such  consideration  will  increase
the possibility that any person may obtain or renew the lease, rental or
use of such property, or that a failure to furnish it will decrease  the
possibility  that  any  person  may  obtain  or  renew same, and thereby
obtains such consideration from one or more persons.
  Rent gouging in the first degree is a class E felony.
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