N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 63-a

§ 63-a. Purchasing property from a child. No owner, keeper or\nproprietor of a junk shop, junk cart or other vehicle or boat or vessel\nused for the collection of junk, or any person in the employ of such\nowner, keeper, or proprietor, or any collector of junk, shall receive or\npurchase any goods, chattels, wares or merchandise from any child under\nthe age of sixteen years. It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a\nviolation of this section, that in the transaction upon which the\nprosecution is based the child acted as the agent or representative of\nanother, or that the defendant dealt with such child as the agent or\nrepresentative of another.\n