The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: This act shall be known and may be cited as “Cecilia’s act for rights in the sex trades”. This act enacts into law major components of legislation relating to the decriminalization of certain prostitution offenses.
legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A3251
2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, BURDICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN, MAMDA- NI, SHRESTHA, BORES, REYES, MITAYNES, R. CARROLL, KELLES, SIMONE –read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing sex work; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating to prostitution. (Part A); to amend the criminal procedure law and civil practice law and rules, in relation to eliminating prior criminal records and making other related changes; and to repeal certain provisions of the criminal procedure law relating to the prosecution of prostitution offenses (Part B); and to amend the multiple dwelling law, the public health law, the real property actions and proceedings law, the real property law, the vehicle and traffic law, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to making conforming changes. (Part C)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as “Cecilia’s act
2 for rights in the sex trades”.
3 § 2. This act enacts into law major components of legislation relating
4 to the decriminalization of certain prostitution offenses.
5 Each component of this act is wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts A
6 through C. The effective date for each particular provision contained
7 within such Part is set forth in the last section of such Part. Any
8 provision in any section contained within a Part, including the effec-
9 tive date of the Part, which makes reference to a section “of this act”,
10 when used in connection with that particular component, shall be deemed
11 to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part in which it
12 is found. Section four of this act sets forth the general effective
13 date of this act.
EXPLANATION–Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in brackets italics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 PART A
2 DECRIMINALIZATION
3 Section 1. Section 230.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 169
4 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 230.00 Prostitution . ; definitions
6 [A person is guilty of prostitution when such person engages or agrees
7 or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for
8 a fee.
9 ] Prostitution is a class B Misdemeanor
10 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following mean-
11 ings:
12 1. “Prostitution” means engaging or agreeing to engage in sexual
13 conduct with another person in return for a fee.
14 2. A person “patronizes a person for prostitution” when: (a) pursuant
15 to a prior understanding, the actor pays a fee to another person as
16 compensation for such other person or a third person having engaged in
17 sexual conduct with the actor; or
18 (b) the person pays or agrees to pay a fee to another person pursuant
19 to an understanding that in return therefor such other person or a third
20 person will engage in sexual conduct with the actor; or
21 (c) the person solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual
22 conduct with the actor in return for a fee.
23 3. “Person who is patronized” means the person with whom the actor
24 engaged in sexual conduct or was to have engaged in sexual conduct
25 pursuant to the understanding, or the person who was solicited or
26 requested by the actor to engage in sexual conduct.
27 4. “School zone” means (a) in or on or within any building, structure,
28 athletic playing field, playground or land contained within the real
29 property boundary line of a public or private elementary, parochial,
30 intermediate, junior high, vocational, or high school, or (b) any public
31 sidewalk, street, parking lot, park, playground or private land, located
32 immediately adjacent to the boundary line of such school.
33 5. (a) “Advance prostitution” a person “advances prostitution” when,
34 acting other than as a person in prostitution or as a patron thereof,
35 and with intent to cause prostitution, the actor directly engages in
36 conduct that facilitates an act or enterprise of prostitution.
37 (b) Conduct by a person under twenty-one years of age shall not
38 constitute advancing prostitution unless the person participated in
39 compulsion by force or intimidation or in sex trafficking, or the person
40 whose prostitution was advanced is under seventeen years of age.
41 6. “Profit from prostitution” a person “profits from prostitution”
42 when, acting other than as a person in prostitution receiving compen-
43 sation for personally rendered prostitution services, the actor accepts
44 or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or under-
45 standing with any person whereby the actor participates or is to partic-
. ipate in the proceeds of prostitution activity
47 § 2. Section 230.01 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 23 of the
48 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
49 § 230.01 Prostitution; affirmative defense.
50 In any prosecution under [ ] section section 230.00, section 230.03,
51 230.19, [ ] subdivision 2 section 230.20, subdivision 2 of section 230.25,
52 of section 230.30 or section 230.34-a of this article, it is an affirma-
53 tive defense that the defendant’s participation in the offense was a
54 result of having been a victim of compelling prostitution under section
55 230.33 of this article, a victim of sex trafficking under section 230.34
46 A. 3251 3
1 of this article, a victim of sex trafficking of a child under section
2 230.34-a of this article or a victim of trafficking in persons under the
3 trafficking victims protection act (United States Code, Title 22, Chap-
4 ter 78).
5 § 3. Section 230.02 of the penal law is REPEALED.
6 § 4. Section 230.03 of the penal law is REPEALED.
7 § 5. Sections 230.04, 230.05, 230.06, 230.07 and 230.08 of the penal
8 law, sections 230.04, 230.05, 230.06 and 230.07 as amended and section
9 230.08 as added by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read
10 as follows:
11 § 230.04 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree.
12 A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the
13 third degree when [ he or she the actor
] patronizes a person for prosti-
14 tution . and the person patronized is less than eighteen years old
15 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree is a class A
16 misdemeanor.
17 § 230.05 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree.
18 A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the
19 second degree when, being eighteen years old or more, [ ] he or she the
20 patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is actor
21 less than fifteen years old.
22 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree is a class
23 E felony.
24 § 230.06 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree.
25 A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the
26 first degree when:
He or she The actor
27 1. [ ] patronizes a person for prostitution and the
28 person patronized is less than eleven years old; or
he or she the actor
29 2. Being eighteen years old or more, [ ] patronizes
30 a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than thir-
31 teen years old.
32 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree is a class D
33 felony.
34 § 230.07 Patronizing a person for prostitution; defense.
35 In any prosecution for patronizing a person for prostitution in the
36 first [ ] second or , or third
degrees or patronizing a person for prosti-
37 tution in a school zone, it is a defense that the defendant did not have
38 reasonable grounds to believe that the person was less than the age
39 specified.
40 § 230.08 Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone.
41 [ ] A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in a 1.
42 school zone when, being twenty-one years old or more, [ ] he or she the
43 patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is actor
44 less than eighteen years old at a place that [ ] he or she the actor
45 knows, or reasonably should know, is in a school zone.
46 [2. For purposes of this section, “school zone” shall mean “school
47 ] zone” as defined in subdivision two of section 230.03 of this article.
48 Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone is a class E
49 felony.
50 § 6. Section 230.10 of the penal law, the section heading and the
51 opening paragraph as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is
52 amended to read as follows:
53 § 230.10 Prostitution and patronizing a person for prostitution; no
54 defense.
55 In any prosecution for prostitution or patronizing a person for pros-
56 titution, the sex of [ the two any of the] parties or prospective partiesA. 3251 4
1 to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated or solicited is immateri-
2 al[, and it is no defense that:
3 1. Such persons were of the same sex; or
4 2. The person who received, agreed to receive or solicited a fee was a
5 male and the person who paid or agreed or offered to pay such fee was a
6 ]. female
7 § 7. Sections 230.11, 230.12 and 230.13 of the penal law, as added by
8 chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, the first undesignated paragraph of
9 section 230.11, the first undesignated paragraph of section 230.12, and
10 the first undesignated paragraph of section 230.13 as amended by chapter
11 777 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
12 § 230.11 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third
13 degree.
14 A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution
15 in the third degree when, being twenty-one years old or more, [he or
16 she the actor
] patronizes a person for prostitution and the person
17 patronized is less than seventeen years old and the person guilty of
18 patronizing engages in vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact, anal
19 sexual contact, or aggravated sexual contact as those terms are defined
20 in section 130.00 of this part, with the person patronized.
21 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree is
22 a class E felony.
23 § 230.12 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second
24 degree.
25 A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution
26 in the second degree when, being eighteen years old or more, [ ] he or she
27 patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized the actor
28 is less than fifteen years old and the person guilty of patronizing
29 engages in vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact, anal sexual
30 contact, or aggravated sexual contact as those terms are defined in
31 section 130.00 of this part, with the person patronized.
32 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree
33 is a class D felony.
34 § 230.13 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the first
35 degree.
36 A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution
37 in the first degree when [ he or she the actor
] patronizes a person for
38 prostitution and the person patronized is less than eleven years old, or
39 being eighteen years old or more, [ he or she the actor
] patronizes a
40 person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than thirteen
41 years old, and the person guilty of patronizing engages in vaginal sexu-
42 al contact, oral sexual contact, anal sexual contact, or aggravated
43 sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 130.00 of this
44 part, with the person patronized.
45 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the first degree is
46 a class B felony.
47 § 8. Section 230.15 of the penal law is REPEALED.
48 § 9. Section 230.19 of the penal law, as added by chapter 191 of the
49 laws of 2011, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of
50 2015, is amended to read as follows:
51 § 230.19 Promoting prostitution in a school zone.
52 [ ] A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in a school zone 1.
53 when, being nineteen years old or more, [ he or she the actor
] knowingly
54 advances or profits from prostitution that [ he or she the actor
] knows
55 or reasonably should know is or will be committed [in violation of46 A. 3251 5
1 ] in a school zone during the hours that section 230.03 of this article
2 school is in session.
3 [2. For purposes of this section, “school zone” shall mean “school
4 ] zone” as defined in subdivision two of section 230.03 of this article.
5 Promoting prostitution in a school zone is a class E felony.
6 § 10. Sections 230.20 and 230.25 of the penal law are REPEALED.
7 § 11. Section 230.30 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of
8 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
9 § 230.30 Promoting prostitution in the second degree.
10 A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the second degree when
he or she the actor
11 [ ] knowingly:
12 1. Advances prostitution by compelling a person by force or intim-
13 idation to engage in prostitution, or profits from such coercive conduct
14 by another; or
15 2. Advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than eigh-
16 teen years old.
17 Promoting prostitution in the second degree is a class C felony.
18 § 12. Section 230.32 of the penal law, as added by chapter 627 of the
19 laws of 1978, the opening paragraph and subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended
20 by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
21 § 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
22 A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when
he or she the actor
23 [ ] :
24 1. knowingly advances or profits from prostitution of a person less
25 than thirteen years old; or
he or she the actor
26 2. being twenty-one years old or more, [ ] knowingly
27 advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than fifteen
28 years old.
29 Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.
30 § 13. Section 230.33 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of
31 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
32 § 230.33 Compelling prostitution.
33 A person is guilty of compelling prostitution when, being eighteen
34 years old or more, [ he or she the actor
] knowingly advances prostitution
35 by compelling a person less than eighteen years old, by force or intim-
36 idation, to engage in prostitution.
37 Compelling prostitution is a class B felony.
38 § 14. The opening paragraph of section 230.34 of the penal law, as
39 added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
he or she the actor
40 A person is guilty of sex trafficking if [ ] inten-
41 tionally advances or profits from prostitution by:
42 § 15. Section 230.34-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 189 of
43 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
44 § 230.34-a Sex trafficking of a child.
45 1. he or she
[ ] A person is guilty of sex trafficking of a child when [ ]
, being twenty-one years old or more, intentionally advances or the actor
47 profits from prostitution of another person and such person is a child
48 less than eighteen years old. Knowledge by the defendant of the age of
49 such child is not an element of this offense and it is not a defense to
50 a prosecution therefor that the defendant did not know the age of the
51 child or believed such age to be eighteen or over.
52 [2. For purposes of this section:
53 (a) A person “advances prostitution” when, acting other than as a
54 person in prostitution or as a patron thereof, and with intent to cause
55 prostitution, he or she directly engages in conduct that facilitates an
56 act or enterprise of prostitution.A. 3251 6
1 (b) A person “profits from prostitution” when, acting other than as a
2 person in prostitution receiving compensation for personally rendered
3 prostitution services, and with intent to facilitate prostitution, he or
4 she accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement
5 or understanding with any person whereby he or she participates in the
6 ] proceeds of prostitution activity.
7 Sex trafficking of a child is a class B felony.
8 § 16. Section 230.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of
9 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
10 § 230.35 Promoting or compelling prostitution; accomplice.
11 In a prosecution for promoting prostitution or compelling prostitu-
12 tion, a person [ less than eighteen years old
] from whose prostitution
13 activity another person is alleged to have advanced or attempted to
14 advance or profited or attempted to profit shall not be deemed to be an
15 accomplice.
16 § 17. Section 230.40 of the penal law is REPEALED.
17 § 18. This act shall take effect immediately.
18 PART B
19 ELIMINATING PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORDS AND OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS
25 20 Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subdivision 3 of section 160.50 of the
21 criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021, is
22 amended to read as follows:
23 (k) (i) The conviction was for a violation of article two hundred
24 twenty or section 240.36 of the penal law prior to the effective date of
article two hundred twenty-one of the penal law, and the sole former
26 controlled substance involved was marihuana and the conviction was only
27 for a misdemeanor and/or violation; or
28 (ii) the conviction is for an offense defined in section 221.05 or
29 221.10 of the penal law prior to the effective date of chapter one
30 hundred thirty-two of the laws of two thousand nineteen; or
31 (iii) the conviction is for an offense defined in former section
32 221.05 221.10, 221.15, 221.20, 221.35, or 221.40 of the penal law; or,
33 (iv) the conviction was for an offense defined in section 240.37 of
34 the penal law; or
35 (v) the conviction was for a violation of section 220.03 or 220.06 of
36 the penal law prior to the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
37 two thousand twenty-one that amended this paragraph, and the sole
38 controlled substance involved was concentrated cannabis; or
39 (vi) the conviction was for an offense defined in section 222.10,
40 222.15, 222.25 or 222.45 of the penal law[ ]. ; or
41 (vii) the conviction was for a violation of penal law section 230.00,
42 230.03, 230.20, 230.25, or 230.40 as in effect prior to the effective
43 date of part A of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five
44 that amended this section; or
45 (viii) an order pursuant to subdivision six of this section was
46 entered.
47 No defendant shall be required or permitted to waive eligibility for
48 sealing or expungement pursuant to this section as part of a plea of
49 guilty, sentence or any agreement related to a conviction [for a
50 51 ] violation of section 222.10, 222.15, 222.25 or 222.45 of the penal law
and any such waiver shall be deemed void and wholly unen- or disposition
52 forceable.A. 3251 7
1 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 160.50 of the criminal
2 procedure law, as amended by chapter 132 of the laws of 2019, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) Expungement of certain [ marihuana-related
] records. A conviction
5 for an offense described in paragraph (k) of subdivision three of this
6 section shall, on and after the effective date of this paragraph, in
7 accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, be vacated and
8 dismissed, and all records of such conviction or convictions and related
9 to such conviction or convictions shall be expunged, as described in
10 subdivision forty-five of section 1.20 of this chapter, and the matter
11 shall be considered terminated in favor of the accused and deemed a
12 nullity, having been rendered by this paragraph legally invalid. All
13 such records for an offense described in this paragraph where the
14 conviction was entered on or before the effective date of the chapter of
15 the laws of [ ] 2019 two thousand twenty-five
that amended this paragraph
16 shall be expunged promptly and, in any event, no later than one year
17 after such effective date.
18 § 3. Section 160.50 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
19 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
20 6. A person convicted under article two hundred thirty of the penal
21 law for what no longer constitutes an offense on or after the effective
22 date of part A of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five
23 that added this subdivision may upon motion apply to the court in which
24 such conviction occurred, upon not less than twenty days notice to the
25 district attorney, for an order finding that the criminal action or
26 proceeding was terminated in favor of such person, and such order shall
27 be granted unless the district attorney demonstrates to the satisfaction
28 of the court that the interests of justice require otherwise.
29 § 4. Paragraph (k) of subdivision 1 of section 440.10 of the criminal
30 procedure law, as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021, is amended
31 to read as follows:
32 (k) The judgment occurred prior to the effective date of the part A of
33 laws of two thousand [ ] that
chapter of the twenty-one twenty-five
34 amended this paragraph and is a conviction for an offense as defined in
35 subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) [ ] (iv) or , , or (vii)
of paragraph (k) of
36 subdivision three of section 160.50 of this part, in which case the
37 court shall presume that a conviction by plea for the aforementioned
38 offenses was not knowing, voluntary and intelligent if it has severe or
39 ongoing consequences, including but not limited to potential or actual
40 immigration consequences, and shall presume that a conviction by verdict
41 for the aforementioned offenses constitutes cruel and unusual punishment
42 under section five of article one of the state constitution, based on
43 those consequences. The people may rebut these presumptions.
44 § 5. Subdivision 5 of section 1310 of the civil practice law and
45 rules, as added by chapter 669 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read
46 as follows:
47 5. “Post-conviction forfeiture crime” means any felony defined in the
48 penal law or any other chapter of the consolidated laws of the state.
49 However, this shall not include any felony under article two hundred
50 thirty of the penal law in effect prior to the effective date of a chap-
51 ter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five which amended this subdivi-
52 sion, unless it was also a felony under that article on or after that
53 date.
54 § 6. Section 60.47 of the criminal procedure law is REPEALED.
55 § 7. Subdivision 4 of section 170.30 of the criminal procedure law 56 REPEALED.
is23 A. 3251 8
13 17 1 § 8. Section 170.80 of the criminal procedure law is REPEALED.
2 § 9. Subdivision 2 of section 420.35 of the criminal procedure law, as
3 amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 2. Except as provided in this subdivision or subdivision two-a of this
6 section, under no circumstances shall the mandatory surcharge, sex
7 offender registration fee, DNA databank fee or the crime victim assist-
8 ance fee be waived. A court shall waive any mandatory surcharge, DNA
9 databank fee and crime victim assistance fee when: (i) the defendant is
10 convicted of [prostitution under section 230.00 of the penal law; (ii)
11 the defendant is convicted of a violation in the event such conviction
12 is in lieu of a plea to or conviction for prostitution under section
] 230.00 of the penal law; (iii) a violation of article two hundred thir-
14 ty or section 240.37 of the penal law, as in effect prior to the effec-
15 tive date of a chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five which
16 amended this subdivision, unless the violation is an offense under law
the court finds that in effect on and after that effective date; or (ii)
18 a defendant is a victim of sex trafficking under section 230.34 of the
19 penal law, sex trafficking of a child under section 230.34-a of the
20 penal law, a victim of
or [ ] trafficking in persons under the trafficking
21 victims protection act (United States Code, Title 22, Chapter 78)[; or
22 (iv) the court finds that the defendant is a victim of sex trafficking
]. of a child under section 230.34-a of the penal law
§ 10. Subdivision 4 of section 720.15 of the criminal procedure law is
24 25 REPEALED.
26 § 11. Subdivision 1 of section 720.35 of the criminal procedure law,
27 as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
28 follows:
29 1. A youthful offender adjudication is not a judgment of conviction
30 for a crime or any other offense, and does not operate as a disquali-
31 fication of any person so adjudged to hold public office or public
32 employment or to receive any license granted by public authority but
33 shall be deemed a conviction only for the purposes of transfer of super-
34 vision and custody pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-m of the
35 executive law. [A defendant for whom a youthful offender adjudication
36 was substituted, who was originally charged with prostitution as defined
37 in section 230.00 of the penal law, shall be deemed a “sexually
38 exploited child” as defined in subdivision one of section four hundred
39 forty-seven-a of the social services law and therefore shall not be
40 considered an adult for purposes related to the charges in the youthful
41 offender proceeding or a proceeding under section 170.80 of this chap-
42 ] ter.
43 § 12. The office of court administration shall establish and make
44 available all necessary forms for proceedings under this act no later
45 than sixty days following the effective date of this section.
46 § 13. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
47 have become a law.
48 PART C
49 OTHER CONFORMING CHANGES
50 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 12 of the multiple dwelling law is
51 amended to read as follows:
52 1. It shall be unlawful to use any multiple dwelling or any part of
53 the lot or premises thereof for the purpose of criminal conduct related
54 prostitution [ ]
to or assignation of any description under article twoA. 3251 9
20 37 49 1 hundred thirty of the penal law. This subdivision shall only apply to
2 conduct involving prostitution activity in violation of article two
3 hundred thirty of the penal law on or after the effective date of a
4 chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that amended this subdi-
5 . vision
6 § 2. Sections 351 and 352 of the multiple dwelling law, section 352 as
7 amended by chapter 310 of the laws of 1962, are amended to read as
8 follows:
9 § 351. Lien. A multiple dwelling shall be subject to a penalty of one
10 thousand dollars if it or any part of it shall be used as a house of
11 prostitution [ ]
or assignation in violation of article two hundred thirty
12 of the penal law
with the permission of the owner, and such penalty
13 shall be a lien upon the dwelling and lot upon which it is situated.
14 This section shall only apply to conduct involving prostitution activity
15 in violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law on or after
16 the effective date of a chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five
17 that amended this section.
18 § 352. Recovery of premises. If a multiple dwelling, or any part
19 thereof, shall be used as a house of prostitution [ ] or assignation in
with the violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law
21 permission of the lessee or [ ] his the lessee’s
agent, the lease shall be
22 terminable at the election of the lessor, and the owner shall be enti-
23 tled to recover possession of said premises by summary proceedings.
24 This section shall only apply to conduct involving prostitution activity
25 in violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law on or after
26 the effective date of a chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five
27 that amended this section.
28 § 3. Section 2320 of the public health law is amended to read as
29 follows:
30 § 2320. Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance. 1. Whoever shall
31 erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or lease any building,
32 erection, or place used for the purpose of [ ]
lewdness, assignation, or
33 prostitution activity in violation of article two hundred thirty of the
is guilty of maintaining a nuisance. penal law
35 2. The building, erection, or place, or the ground itself, in or upon
36 which any [ lewdness, assignation, or ] prostitution
activity in violation
is conducted, permitted, of article two hundred thirty of the penal law
38 or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures,
39 musical instruments, and movable property used in conducting or main-
40 taining such nuisance, are hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be
41 enjoined and abated as hereafter provided.
42 3. This article shall only apply to conduct involving prostitution
43 activity in violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law on
44 or after the effective date of this subdivision.
45 § 4. Subdivision 5 of section 711 of the real property actions and
46 proceedings law, as added by chapter 312 of the laws of 1962, is amended
47 to read as follows:
48 5. The premises, or any part thereof, are used or occupied [as a
] for bawdy-house, or house or place of assignation for lewd persons, or
50 purposes of prostitution activity in violation of article two hundred
51 thirty of the penal law
, or for any illegal trade or manufacture, or
52 other illegal business. As used in this subdivision, “prostitution
53 activity” shall only mean conduct in violation of article two hundred
54 thirty of the penal law on or after the effective date of a chapter of
55 the laws of two thousand twenty-five that amended this subdivision.
34 A. 3251 10
10 33 1 § 5. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 715 of the real property actions
2 and proceedings law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 555 of the laws
3 of 1978, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015,
4 are amended to read as follows:
5 1. An owner or tenant, including a tenant of one or more rooms of an
6 apartment house, tenement house or multiple dwelling, of any premises
7 within two hundred feet from other demised real property [used or occu-
8 pied in whole or in part as a bawdy-house, or house or place of assigna-
tion for lewd persons, or 9 ] for purposes of prostitution
activity in
, or for any violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law
11 illegal trade, business or manufacture, or any domestic corporation
12 organized for the suppression of vice, subject to or which submits to
13 visitation by the state department of social services and possesses a
14 certificate from such department of such fact and of conformity with
15 regulations of the department, or any duly authorized enforcement agency
16 of the state or of a subdivision thereof, under a duty to enforce the
17 provisions of the penal law or of any state or local law, ordinance,
18 code, rule or regulation relating to buildings, may serve personally
19 upon the owner or landlord of the premises so used or occupied, or upon
20 [ ] his the lessee’s
agent, a written notice requiring the owner or land-
21 lord to make an application for the removal of the person so using or
22 occupying the same. If the owner or landlord or [ ] his the lessee’s
agent
23 does not make such application within five days thereafter; or, having
24 made it, does not in good faith diligently prosecute it, the person,
25 corporation or enforcement agency giving the notice may bring a proceed-
26 ing under this article for such removal as though the petitioner were
27 the owner or landlord of the premises, and shall have precedence over
28 any similar proceeding thereafter brought by such owner or landlord or
29 to one theretofore brought by [ ] him such owner or landlord
and not pros-
30 ecuted diligently and in good faith. [Proof of the ill repute of the
31 demised premises or of the inmates thereof or of those resorting thereto
32 shall constitute presumptive evidence of the unlawful use of the demised
] Both the premises required to be stated in the petition for removal.
34 person in possession of the property and the owner or landlord shall be
35 made respondents in the proceeding. As used in this subdivision, “pros-
36 titution activity” shall only mean conduct in violation of article two
37 hundred thirty of the penal law on or after the effective date of a
38 chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that amended this subdi-
39 vision.
40 2. For purposes of this section, two or more convictions of any person
41 or persons had, within a period of one year, for any of the offenses
42 described in section [ ] 230.05, 230.06, 230.11, 230.12, 230.13, 230.00,
43 [ ] 230.30, 230.32 [ ] of the penal law arising
230.20, 230.25, or or 230.40
44 out of conduct engaged in at the same real property consisting of a
45 dwelling as that term is defined in subdivision four of section four of
46 the multiple dwelling law shall be presumptive evidence of conduct
47 constituting use of the premises for purposes of prostitution . activity
48 However, this subdivision shall only apply to an offense under article
49 two hundred thirty of the penal law in effect on or after the effective
50 date of a chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that amended
51 this subdivision.
52 § 6. Subdivision 3 of section 231 of the real property law, as amended
53 by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
54 3. For the purposes of this section, two or more convictions of any
55 person or persons had, within a period of one year, for any of the
56 offenses described in section [ ] 230.05, 230.06, 230.11, 230.12, 230.00,A. 3251 11
14 31 [ 42 [ 230.20, 230.25, or or 230.40
1 230.13, [ ] 230.30, 230.32 [ ] of the penal law
2 arising out of conduct engaged in at the same premises consisting of a
3 dwelling as that term is defined in subdivision four of section four of
4 the multiple dwelling law shall be presumptive evidence of unlawful use
5 of such premises and of the owners knowledge of the same. However, this
6 subdivision shall only apply to an offense under article two hundred
7 thirty of the penal law in effect on or after the effective date of a
8 chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that amended this subdi-
9 vision.
10 § 7. Paragraph 3 of subdivision b of section 233 of the real property
11 law, as amended by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
12 as follows:
13 3. The premises, or any part thereof, are used or occupied [as a
] for bawdy-house, or house or place of assignation for lewd purposes or
15 purposes of prostitution activity in violation of article two hundred
16 thirty of the penal law , or for any illegal trade or business.
As used
17 in this paragraph, “prostitution activity” shall only mean conduct in
18 violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law on or after the
19 effective date of a chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that
20 amended this paragraph.
21 § 8. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 4 of section 509-cc of the
22 vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 23 of the
23 laws of 2024, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of
24 2021, are amended to read as follows:
25 (b) The offenses referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of
26 subdivision one and paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section
27 that result in permanent disqualification shall include a conviction
28 under sections 100.13, 105.15, 105.17, 115.08, 120.12, 120.70, 125.10,
29 125.11, former section 130.40, sections 130.53, 130.60, 130.65-a,
30 135.20, 160.15, 220.18, 220.21, 220.39, 220.41, 220.43, 220.44,
] 260.00, 265.04 of the penal law or an attempt to commit any of 230.25,
32 the aforesaid offenses under section 110.00 of the penal law, or any
33 offenses committed under a former section of the penal law which would
34 constitute violations of the aforesaid sections of the penal law, or any
35 offenses committed outside this state which would constitute violations
36 of the aforesaid sections of the penal law.
37 (c) The offenses referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
38 subdivision one and subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivision two
39 of this section that result in disqualification for a period of five
40 years shall include a conviction under sections 100.10, 105.13, 115.05,
41 120.03, 120.04, 120.04-a, 120.05, 120.10, 120.25, 121.12, 121.13,
] 130.20, 130.25, 130.52, 130.55, 135.10, 135.55, 125.40, 125.45,
43 140.17, 140.25, 140.30, 145.12, 150.10, 150.15, 160.05, 160.10, 220.06,
44 220.09, 220.16, 220.31, 220.34, 220.60, 220.65, subdivision two of
45 section 222.50, subdivision two of section 222.55, [ ] 230.05, 230.00,
46 230.06, 230.11, 230.12, 230.13, 230.19, [ ] 235.05, 235.06, 230.20,
47 235.07, 235.21, 240.06, 245.00, 260.10, subdivision two of section
48 260.20 and sections 260.25, 265.02, 265.03, 265.08, 265.09, 265.10,
49 265.12, 265.35 of the penal law or an attempt to commit any of the afor-
50 esaid offenses under section 110.00 of the penal law, or any similar
51 offenses committed under a former section of the penal law, or any
52 offenses committed under a former section of the penal law which would
53 constitute violations of the aforesaid sections of the penal law, or any
54 offenses committed outside this state which would constitute violations
55 of the aforesaid sections of the penal law.A. 3251 12
1 § 9. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 510-d of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read
3 as follows:
4 1. A class E driver’s license shall be suspended by the commissioner
5 for a period of one year where the holder is convicted of a violation of
6 section [ ] 230.30, 230.32, 230.34, 230.34-a [
230.20, 230.25, or or
7 ] of the penal law and the holder used a for hire motor vehicle to 230.40
8 commit such crime.
9 2. A class E driver’s license may be revoked by the commissioner when
10 the holder, who had [ his or her their
] driver’s license suspended under
11 subdivision one of this section within the last ten years, is convicted
12 of a second violation of section [ 230.20, 230.25,
] 230.30, 230.32,
13 230.34, or or 230.40
230.34-a [ ] of the penal law and the holder used a
14 for hire motor vehicle to commit such crime.
15 § 10. Subdivision (a) of section 7-703 of the administrative code of
16 the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
17 (a) Any building, erection or place, including one- or two-family
18 dwellings, used for the purpose of prostitution [as defined in section
230.00 activity in violation of article two hundred thirty
19 ] of the penal
20 law. Two or more criminal convictions of persons for [ ] prostitu- acts of
21 tion activity in violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal
22 in the building, erection or place, including one- or two-family law
23 dwellings, within the one-year period preceding the commencement of an
24 action under this chapter, shall be presumptive evidence that the build-
25 ing, erection or place, including one- or two-family dwellings, is a
26 public nuisance. In any action under this subdivision, evidence of the
27 common fame and general reputation of the building, erection or place,
28 including one- or two-family dwellings, of the [ ] inmates incarcerated
29 or occupants thereof, or of those resorting thereto, shall individuals
30 be competent evidence to prove the existence of the public nuisance. If
31 evidence of the general reputation of the building, erection or place,
32 including one- or two-family dwellings, or of the [ ] inmates incarcerated
33 or occupants thereof, is sufficient to establish the exist- individuals
34 ence of the public nuisance, it shall be prima facie evidence of know-
35 ledge thereof and acquiescence and participation therein and responsi-
36 bility for the nuisance, on the part of the owners, lessors, lessees and
37 all those in possession of or having charge of, as agent or otherwise,
38 or having any interest in any form in the property, real or personal,
39 used in conducting or maintaining the public nuisance. As used in this
40 subdivision, “prostitution activity” shall only mean conduct in
41 violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law on or after the
42 effective date of a chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that
amended this subdivision
43 ;
44 § 11. Subdivision f of section 20-247 of the administrative code of
45 the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
46 f. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to guide or direct any person
47 to [a place of ill repute, house of ill fame or assignation, or to any
48 ] any place house or place of amusement kept for immoral purposes, or to
49 resorted to for the purpose of prostitution activity in violation of
50 or gambling. It shall be article two hundred thirty of the penal law
51 unlawful for any such licensee to impart any information as to the
52 location or address of any such houses or places, or to solicit the
53 patronage of any person or persons for any hotel, lodging house or
54 boarding house or place of temporary or permanent abode, or for any
55 place where refreshments are served or amusement of any type provided.
56 As used in this subdivision, “prostitution activity” shall only meanA. 3251 13
1 conduct in violation of article two hundred thirty of the penal law on
2 or after the effective date of a chapter of the laws of two thousand
3 twenty-five that amended this subdivision.
4 § 12. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
5 have become a law.
6 § 3. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
7 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by a court of compo-
8 nent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair
9 or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its opera-
10 tion to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part
11 thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
12 shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the
13 legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid
14 provisions had not been included herein.
15 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
16 the applicable effective date of Parts A through C of this act shall be
17 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts ##
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