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New legislation that was drafted in direct response to a yearlong Turn To Tara investigation into human trafficking is moving ahead in Albany.
The New York State Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would stiffen the penalties for hotels and motels that break the state's trafficking laws, requiring them to post hotline signage inside all their properties.
Last year, the Turn To Tara team visited more than 100 hotels across the tri-state area and found that more than 80% of them were ignoring the law.
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, who sponsored the bill, expressed relief and excitement after the vote.
Paulin's bill now moves to the state Senate for a vote before heading to the governor's desk.
If it's signed into law, hotels would face a $500 fine for the first offense, $1,000 for the second.
ADDITIONAL COVERAGE:
- Trafficking in the Tri-State: Rooms Without Rescue
- Turn to Tara yearlong investigation finds hotels ignoring trafficking law
- Turn to Tara: Human trafficking survivor describes 2-decade nightmare
- Turn to Tara trafficking investigation provokes bipartisan push for changes
- Westchester DA on ‘Trafficking in the Tri-State’ investigation: ‘Things have to change’
- Trafficking in the Tri-State: The Next Front
- Anti-trafficking bill written in response to Turn To Tara investigation heads to committee
- NY officials vow action on enforcement gap exposed in Turn To Tara trafficking probe
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