It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
or agree or offer to engage in sexual conduct with another person
in return for a fee.
It shall be unlawful for any person to frequent,
patronize, reside or be employed in or in any way be connected with
any house of prostitution or assignation or, as owner, agent or lessee,
to let or rent any room, building or part thereof knowing that it
is intended to be or will be used for such purpose or knowingly to
permit any room, building or part thereof which is owned, occupied
or under the control of such person to be used for the purpose of
prostitution or assignation.
A violation of any of the provisions of this
article shall constitute a violation as said term is defined in the
Penal Law of the State of New York and be punishable as such.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section
or part thereof contained in this article shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy and in which
such judgment shall have been rendered.