New York Penal Law Section 230.01 - Prostitution; affirmative defense.

230.01 Prostitution; affirmative defense.
In any prosecution under section 230.00, section 230.03 or subdivision
  two  of  section  240.37 of this part, it is an affirmative defense that
  the defendant's participation in the offense was a result of having been
  a victim of compelling prostitution under section 230.33,  a  victim  of
  sex  trafficking  under  section  230.34  of this article or a victim of
  trafficking in persons under  the  trafficking  victims  protection  act
  (United States Code, Title 22, Chapter 78).

Last modified: February 3, 2019