New York Penal Law Section 230.02 - Patronizing a person for prostitution; definitions.

230.02 Patronizing a person for prostitution; definitions.
1. A person patronizes a person for prostitution when:
(a) Pursuant to a prior understanding, he or she pays a fee to another
  person  as compensation for such person or a third person having engaged
  in sexual conduct with him or her; or
(b) He or she pays or agrees to pay a fee to another  person  pursuant
  to  an  understanding  that  in  return  therefor such person or a third
  person will engage in sexual conduct with him or her; or
(c) He or she solicits or requests another person to engage in  sexual
  conduct with him or her in return for a fee.
2.  As  used  in  this  article,  "person who is patronized" means the
  person with whom the defendant engaged in sexual conduct or was to  have
  engaged  in  sexual conduct pursuant to the understanding, or the person
  who was solicited or requested by the  defendant  to  engage  in  sexual
  conduct.

Last modified: February 3, 2019