In last week’s mayoral debate, three candidates who disagree on nearly everything found unexpected common ground: women in prostitution are victims who shouldn’t be prosecuted.

Curtis Sliwa said it plainly: “You don’t go after the women. The women are the victims here.” A Democratic socialist, a former Democratic governor turned independent and a Republican all agreed — even as they clashed over how to address the city’s visible prostitution crisis.

That rare consensus should push the New York State Legislature to finally pass the solution it’s been sitting on for years: the Sex Trade Survivors Justice and Equality Act (STSJEA).

I survived the sex trade. Being arrested didn’t protect me — it destroyed my chance at stability with a criminal record that blocked housing and jobs for years.

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