Manhattan will no longer prosecute prostitution Mychael Schnell © Getty Images Cyrus Vance
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. announced on Wednesday that his office would no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massage.
The new policy, according to a press release from the office, will prevent unnecessary future contacts with the criminal justice system, eliminate the collateral consequences associated with having a prostitution case or conviction and empower New Yorkers to interact with law enforcement without fear of arrest or deportation. Over the last decade we ve learned from those with lived experience, and from our own experience on the ground: criminally prosecuting prostitution does not make us safer, and too often, achieves the opposite result by further marginalizing vulnerable New Yorkers, Vance said in a statement.
Manhattan will no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massages
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Protesters gather in New York City in February 2019 to advocate for the decriminalization of sex trades in the city and state. The Manhattan District Attorney s Office announced more than two years later it would stop prosecuting prostitution and seek the dismissal of hundreds of related cases dating back decades. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images
Originally published on April 21, 2021 5:12 pm
Manhattan s district attorney announced Wednesday that his office will no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massage under a new policy that s believed to be the first of its kind in New York.
Cyrus Vance Jr. also appeared virtually in Manhattan Criminal Court to request the dismissal of more than 900 such cases dating back to the 1970s, according to a press release. He moved to dismiss another 5,000 cases related to the state s controversial anti-loitering statute, which New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo repealed in February.
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