N.Y. Gen. Bus. 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.

* 3. (a) Any lodging facility that fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for a first offense and one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense. To recover any civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section against a lodging facility, a local or state agency with authority to regulate the business shall:

(i) provide the lodging facility with reasonable notice of noncompliance, which informs the business or establishment that it is subject to a civil penalty if it does not correct the violation within thirty days from the date that the notice is sent to the lodging facility; and

(ii) verify that the violation was not corrected within the thirty-day period described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.

(b) The provisions of this subdivision shall be enforced concurrently by the director or commissioner of a municipal consumer affairs office, or by the town attorney, city corporation counsel, or other lawful designee of a municipality or local government, and all moneys collected thereunder shall be retained by such municipality or local government.

* NB Effective November 26, 2026