People v. Wendel

OPINION OF THE COURT

Allan L. Winick, J.

The statute which this defendant is accused of violating, section 2202 of the Nassau County Government Law, under the general subject of conflict of interests, prohibits a county employee from engaging in a transaction as an officer of a corporation involved in the sale or lease of county real estate.

*92It provides that a willful violation of that statute is a misdemeanor.

The section reads as follows: “Pecuniary interest of officers, employees or agents in execution of contracts prohibited. No officer, employee or agent of the county, whether he be such by…