§ 240.37 Loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense.
  1.   For  the  purposes of this section, "public place" means any street,
sidewalk, bridge, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot  or
transportation  facility  or the doorways and entrance ways to any building
which fronts on any of the aforesaid places, or a motor vehicle  in  or  on
any such place.
  2. Any person who remains or wanders  about  in  a  public  place  and
repeatedly  beckons  to,  or repeatedly stops, or repeatedly attempts to
stop, or repeatedly attempts to engage passers-by  in  conversation,  or
repeatedly  stops  or  attempts  to  stop  motor vehicles, or repeatedly
interferes with the free passage of other persons, for  the  purpose  of
prostitution as that term is defined in article two hundred thirty of 
this  part,  shall  be  guilty of a violation and is guilty of a class B
misdemeanor if such person has previously been convicted of a  violation
of  this  section  or  of section 230.00 of this part.
  3. Any person who remains or wanders  about  in  a  public  place  and
repeatedly  beckons  to,  or repeatedly stops, or repeatedly attempts to
stop, or repeatedly attempts to engage passers-by  in  conversation,  or
repeatedly  stops  or  attempts  to  stop  motor vehicles, or repeatedly
interferes with the free passage of other persons, for  the  purpose  of
patronizing  a  person  for prostitution as defined in section 230.02 of
this part, shall be guilty of a violation and is guilty  of  a  class  B
misdemeanor  if such person has previously been convicted of a violation
of this section or of section 230.04, 230.05, 230.06 or 230.08  of  this
part.