N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 65-e: Posting of signs relating to human trafficking

§ 65-e. Posting of signs relating to human trafficking. 1. The

authority shall require any person with a license to sell alcoholic

beverages for consumption on the premises who indicated, pursuant to

paragraph (f) of subdivision one of section one hundred ten of this

chapter, that topless entertainment and/or exotic dancing, whether

topless or otherwise, including but not limited to, pole dancing and lap

dancing, would occur at the establishment, to display one or more signs

or posters designated by the authority. Any sign or poster so designated

shall meet the following specifications:

(a) Each sign or poster shall include information on human trafficking

and the toll free telephone number of the National Human Trafficking

hotline. The authority shall make any designated sign or poster

available for download from its website or from one or more links posted

on its website or on the website of the office of temporary and

disability assistance as provided in section four hundred

eighty-three-ff of the social services law.

(b) (i) Any sign or poster must be at least eight and one-half inches

wide and eleven inches high.

(ii) If the National Human Trafficking hotline toll free number

changes, the authority shall notify each licensee that is subject to the

posting requirement of this section of the change and shall require the

display of one or more signs or posters with the new toll free number

within thirty days of such notification.

(iii) At a minimum, the licensee shall be required to display a

bilingual version of the sign or poster in English and Spanish or to

display one sign or poster in English and one sign or poster in Spanish.

A licensee may be required to display signs or posters in other

languages as determined by the authority.

(c) Any person with a license to sell alcoholic beverages for

consumption on the premises that is subject to the posting requirement

of this section shall display, in an upright position and in a

conspicuous place where it can be easily read by clientele and employees

of the establishment, any sign or poster required by the authority.

2. Any person with a license to sell alcoholic beverages for

consumption on the premises that is subject to the posting requirement

of this section who violates the provisions of this section shall be

subject to a civil penalty, not to exceed one hundred dollars for each

day of violation.