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2017 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 10-D - Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
483-FF - National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Poster.

Universal Citation: NY Soc Serv L § 483-FF (2017)
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  483-ff.  National human trafficking resource center hotline poster.
  (a) The commissioner of temporary and disability assistance  shall  make
  publicly  available on its website an electronic version of the National
  Human Trafficking Resources Center (NHTRC) hotline poster, or create and
  make available a variation thereof.

(b) The poster shall:

(1) be available for printing, at a minimum, in English and all  other
  languages that the NHTRC poster is available in;

(2)  be  at  least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size;
  and

(3) if created by the commissioner, include the following statement:

"If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any  activity
  and  cannot  leave - whether it is commercial sex, housework, farm work,
  or any other similar activity -  call  the  National  Human  Trafficking
  Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 to access help and services.

Victims of human trafficking are eligible for protections and services
  under United States and New York state law.

The hotline is:

(1) Available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week;

(2) Toll free;

(3) Operated by a non-profit, non-governmental organization;

(4) Anonymous and confidential;

(5) Accessible in one hundred seventy languages; and

(6)  Able to provide help, referral to services, training, and general
  information."

(c) The commissioner shall  consult  with  other  state  agencies  and
  organizations  that  he  or she deems appropriate to encourage that such
  posters are located in public places where trafficking  victims  may  be
  present, including but not limited to: highway rest stops, bus stations,
  truck  stops, airports, adult or sexually oriented businesses, hospitals
  and  urgent  care  centers.  In  consulting  with  such   agencies   and
  organizations,  the  commissioner  shall  advise  that posters should be
  placed in conspicuous locations near primary public entrances  or  other
  areas where posters and notices are customarily posted on the premises.

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