ALBANY – For the first time, criminal court judges in New York have the authority to treat 16- and 17-year-olds facing prostitution-related charges as Persons in Need of Supervision and to divert them into programs for troubled youths.
A measure signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo extends to criminal courts the powers granted to Family Court judges by the Safe Harbor Act of 2008 when adjudicating the cases of some teens charged with prostitution or loitering for the purposes of prostitution.
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