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NYC Will No Longer Prosecute Prostitution, Dismisses 900+ Cases By Michael W. Chapman | April 21, 2021 | 4:52pm EDT (Getty Images) (CNS News) -- The Manhattan District Attorney's office, headed by Cy Vance Jr., announced today that it will no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massage. The office also moved to dismiss 914 Prostitution and Unlicensed Massage cases, as well as 5,080 Loitering for the Purpose of Prostitution cases.  “Over the last decade we’ve learned from those with lived experience, and from our own experience ...

New York’s ‘walking while trans’ ban targeted women of color, advocates say. Now it’s being repealed. The 1970s statute ‘led to the arrest of law-abiding transgender and cisgender women of color,’ Gov. Cuomo’s office said Make the Road New York community members at the 7th Annual Translatinx March in Queens in July 2018. (Courtesy of Make the Road New York) Cecilia Nowell Feb. 5, 2021 Bianey Garcia remembers the first time she dressed up “sexy” before going out on a date with her boyfriend. It was 2008 and she was 18; the couple ended up at a gay bar in New York City’s...

What the Repeal of New York's 'Walking While Trans' Law Means February 03 2021 3:17 PM EST Wearing a short skirt and high heels while standing outside. Being a woman with an Adam’s apple or big hands and feet. Waving at a car. Or just walking home from a subway stop or grocery store. Those are among the things that could get a person arrested under New York State’s law against “loitering for the purpose of prostitution,” especially transgender women who are Black or Latinx — hence the statute’s nickname as the “walking while trans” law. Adopted in 1976, this portion of the st...

Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday that repeals a state anti-loitering law, commonly called the "walking while trans" ban, that critics say police used to harass and arrest law-abiding trans people, in particular. The new measure effectively takes off the books a 1976 law that sought to prohibit loitering for the purpose of prostitution. Politicians and LGBTQ advocates say the law resulted in decades of discrimination by law enforcement. "Repealing the archaic 'walking while trans' ban is a critical step toward reforming our policing syst...

Asm. Amy Paulin on Repeal of "Walking While Trans" By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 6:00 PM ET Feb. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:00 PM EST Feb. 01, 2021 SHARE Advocates call Penal Law Section 240.37 a vestige of the 1970s, or "Stop and Frisk 2.0." It’s commonly referred to as "Walking While Trans" because it’s been frequently misused to incarcerate transgender women of color. Assemblymember Amy Paulin wants the law repealed. She and Sen...