New York Laws
Article 230 - Prostitution Offenses
230.34 - Sex Trafficking.

(a) cause physical injury, serious physical injury, or death to a
person; or
(b) cause damage to property, other than the property of the actor; or
(c) engage in other conduct constituting a felony or unlawful
imprisonment in the second degree in violation of section 135.05 of this
chapter; or
(d) accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges or
deportation proceedings to be instituted against some person; provided,
however, that it shall be an affirmative defense to this subdivision
that the defendant reasonably believed the threatened charge to be true
and that his or her sole purpose was to compel or induce the victim to
take reasonable action to make good the wrong which was the subject of
such threatened charge; or
(e) expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or
false, tending to subject some person to hatred, contempt or ridicule;
or
(f) testify or provide information or withhold testimony or
information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
(g) use or abuse his or her position as a public servant by performing
some act within or related to his or her official duties, or by failing
or refusing to perform an official duty, in such manner as to affect
some person adversely; or
(h) perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm the person who is patronized
materially with respect to his or her health, safety, or immigration
status.
Sex trafficking is a class B felony

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

PEN - Penal

Part 3 - Specific Offenses

Title M - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals

Article 230 - Prostitution Offenses

230.00 - Prostitution.

230.01 - Prostitution; Affirmative Defense.

230.02 - Patronizing a Person for Prostitution; Definitions.

230.03 - Prostitution in a School Zone.

230.04 - Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the Third Degree.

230.05 - Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the Second Degree.

230.06 - Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the First Degree.

230.07 - Patronizing a Person for Prostitution; Defense.

230.08 - Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in a School Zone.

230.10 - Prostitution and Patronizing a Person for Prostitution; No Defense.

230.11 - Aggravated Patronizing a Minor for Prostitution in the Third Degree.

230.12 - Aggravated Patronizing a Minor for Prostitution in the Second Degree.

230.13 - Aggravated Patronizing a Minor for Prostitution in the First Degree.

230.15 - Promoting Prostitution; Definitions of Terms.

230.19 - Promoting Prostitution in a School Zone.

230.20 - Promoting Prostitution in the Fourth Degree.

230.25 - Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree.

230.30 - Promoting Prostitution in the Second Degree.

230.32 - Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree.

230.33 - Compelling Prostitution.

230.34 - Sex Trafficking.

230.34-A - Sex Trafficking of a Child.

230.35 - Promoting or Compelling Prostitution; Accomplice.

230.36 - Sex Trafficking; Accomplice.

230.40 - Permitting Prostitution.