{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "135.37", "citation": "Penal Law § 135.37", "heading": "Aggravated labor trafficking", "text": ["§ 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_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/135.37", "from_official_api": true, "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**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/135.37", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}