Penal Law § 230.30

Promoting prostitution in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 230.30 Promoting prostitution in the second degree.

A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the second degree when he or she knowingly:

1. Advances prostitution by compelling a person by force or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from such coercive conduct by another; or

2. Advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than eighteen years old.

Promoting prostitution in the second degree is a class C felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/230.30

In plain English

A person commits promoting prostitution in the second degree by knowingly:

(1) advancing prostitution through force or intimidation, or profiting from another person’s coercion; or
(2) advancing or profiting from prostitution of a person younger than 18 years. ★

The offense 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.