Penal Law § 230.32

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

§ 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.

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

1. knowingly advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than thirteen years old; or

2. being twenty-one years old or more, he or she knowingly advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than fifteen years old.

Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/230.32

In plain English

A person commits promoting prostitution in the first degree by knowingly advancing or profiting from prostitution:

(1) of a person younger than 13 years; or
(2) when the actor is 21 years old or older, of a person younger than 15 years. ★

The offense is a class B 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.