N.Y. General City Law § 96: Woman defined

§ 96. Woman defined. The term "woman" as used in this article shall

not include any female either actually or apparently under the age

sixteen years, whose care is assumed by any incorporated society for the

prevention of cruelty to children; but every such female upon being

taken to a station house shall be at once transferred therefrom by the

officer in charge to the custody of such society.