Penal Law § 135.37

Aggravated labor trafficking  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 135.37 Aggravated labor trafficking.

A person is guilty of aggravated labor trafficking if he or she compels or induces another to engage in labor or recruits, entices, harbors, or transports such other person to engage in labor by means of intentionally unlawfully providing a controlled substance to such person with intent to impair said person's judgment.

Aggravated labor trafficking is a class C felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/135.37

In plain English

A person commits aggravated labor trafficking by compelling or inducing another to work, or recruiting, enticing, harboring, or transporting that person for labor, through intentionally and unlawfully giving a controlled substance to impair the person’s judgment. ★ It is a class C felony.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.