CHRISTIE M. FARRIELLA FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
State Sen. Jose Peralta is spearheading a campaign againt human trafficking. Businesses will be displaying posers to raise awareness.
The office of state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) has been distributing hundreds of posters in English and Spanish to small businesses in Corona, Jackson Heights and parts of Elmhurst. The posters encourage victims of human trafficking and prostitution to call 311 for help.
“So many women from around the world and the country are brought here to New York, and particularly on Roosevelt Avenue, to be enslaved and forced to have sex with strangers,” Peralta said.
“We have to dispel the notion that prostitution is a victimless crime and the way to do that is by providing information and raising awareness,” he said.
Source: New York Daily News
