N.Y. Penal Law § 230.30 : Offenses Against Public Health And Morals — Penal — Prostitution Offenses — Promoting prostitution in the second degree Date: 10 Jun 2016 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 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. N.Y. Penal Law § 230.30 Amended by New York Laws 2015, ch. 368,Sec. 22, eff. 1/19/2016.