Penal Law § 230.19

Promoting prostitution in a school zone · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 230.19 Promoting prostitution in a school zone.

1. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in a school zone when, being nineteen years old or more, he or she knowingly advances or profits from prostitution that he or she knows or reasonably should know is or will be committed in violation of section 230.03 of this article in a school zone during the hours that school is in session.

2. For purposes of this section, "school zone" shall mean "school zone" as defined in subdivision two of section 230.03 of this article.

Promoting prostitution in a school zone is a class E felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/230.19

In plain English

(1) A person 19 years old or older commits this offense by knowingly advancing or profiting from prostitution that the person knows or reasonably should know is or will be committed in violation of § 230.03 in a school zone while school is in session. ★
(2) “School zone” has the meaning in § 230.03(2).

The offense is a class E 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.