No employment agency shall place a minor in any employment, or shall procure or attempt to procure for a minor, any employment, unless such employment is authorized or permitted by the provisions of this article. The term 'employment agency' as used in this section means and includes any person, firm or corporation, as owner, agent, manager, employee, officer of a corporation, contractor, sub-contractor, or in any other capacity, placing in employment or procuring or attempting to procure employment for a minor, or for giving information as to where or of whom such employment may be procured.
New York Legal Code