N.Y. General Business Law § 206-f: Information concerning services for human trafficking victims

§ 206-f. Information concerning services for human trafficking

victims. 1. For purposes of this section, "lodging facility" shall mean

any inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other establishment that provides

lodging to transient guests. Such term shall not include an

establishment treated as a dwelling unit for the purposes of any state

or local law or regulation or an establishment located within a building

that has five or less rooms for rent or hire and that is actually

occupied as a residence by the proprietor of such establishment.

2. Every keeper of a lodging facility shall make available in plain

view and in a conspicuous place and manner in the public restrooms, and

in the individual guest rooms, and near the public entrance or in

another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and the

employees where similar information is customarily displayed in such

lodging facility, informational cards developed by: (i) the office of

temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the New York

state interagency task force on human trafficking; or (ii) the United

States Department of Homeland Security; or (iii) the lodging facility.

All informational cards shall only contain information concerning

services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently include the

national human trafficking hotline telephone number. The office of

temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the New York

state interagency task force on human trafficking, shall develop a

notice which shall include the national human trafficking hotline

telephone number, to be made available to lodging facilities to post on

a voluntary basis.