2014 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 23 - CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Title 2 - (2320 - 2334) HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION: INJUNCTION AND ABATEMENT
2324 - Houses of prostitution; injunction; trial of action.

  2324.  Houses of prostitution; injunction; trial of action.  1. The
  action for a permanent injunction instituted pursuant to  this  article,
  shall  be  triable  at the first term of the supreme court after due and
  timely notice has been served as in other actions.
2. If the complaint be uncontroverted it shall be deemed true  without
  further proof.
3.  (a)  In  such  action  evidence  of  the  common  fame and general
  reputation of the place, of the inmates  or  occupants  thereof,  or  of
  those  resorting  thereto,  shall  be  competent  evidence  to prove the
  existence of the nuisance.
(b) An admission or finding of guilt of any person of a  violation  of
  section  230.40  of  the  penal  law  at such place shall be presumptive
  evidence of the nuisance, and a plea of guilty  or  a  conviction  in  a
  criminal  action of maintaining a nuisance at the place described in the
  complaint shall be prima facie evidence of the nuisance, and the records
  of any court in the jurisdiction shall  be  admissible  as  evidence  to
  prove the conviction or plea of guilty.
(c)  If  evidence  of  the  general reputation of the place, or of the
  inmates or occupants thereof, is sufficient to establish  the  existence
  of  a nuisance it shall be prima facie evidence of knowledge thereof and
  acquiescence  and  participation  therein  and  responsibility  for  the
  nuisance,  on  the  part of the owners, lessors, lessees, users, and all
  those in possession of or having charge of, as agent  or  otherwise,  or
  having  any  interest in any form of property, real or personal, used in
  conducting or maintaining said nuisance.