New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)
N.Y. Penal Law § 230.20: Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits promoting prostitution in the fourth degree by knowingly advancing or profiting from prostitution, or distributing obscene or nude material in public to ten or more people with intent to advance prostitution. This is a class A misdemeanor.
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