Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
PBH Public Health |
Article 23. CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES |
Title 2. HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION: INJUNCTION AND ABATEMENT |
Section 2320. Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance
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1. Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or lease any building, erection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is guilty of maintaining a nuisance. 2. The building, erection, or place, or the ground itself, in or upon which any lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and movable property used in conducting or maintaining such nuisance, are hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be enjoined and abated as hereafter provided.