2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title K - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD
Article 180 - (180.00 - 180.57) BRIBERY NOT INVOLVING PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND RELATED OFFENSES
180.57 - Rent gouging in the first degree.

§ 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.