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New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Penal Law § 230.32 (2026)

Promoting prostitution in the first degree

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§ 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
  A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when
he or she:
  1. knowingly advances or profits from prostitution of a person less
than thirteen years old; or
  2. being twenty-one years old or more, he or she knowingly advances or
profits from prostitution of a person less than fifteen years old.
  Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: People v. Martin, 294 A.D.2d 850 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002).
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People v. Martin, 294 A.D.2d 850 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002). “Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting her after a jury trial of three counts each of promoting prostitution in the first degree (Penal Law § 230.32) and sodomy in the first degree (§§ 20.”
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