Penal Law § 230.32 · Article 230. Prostitution Offenses
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.
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