(New York) State Sen. Tom Duane assured a small West Village rally over the weekend that there would be no more police harassment or false prostitution arrests of gay, lesbian and transgender New Yorkers.

“There won’t be any more cases, at least in the current political climate,” said Duane, who is openly gay. “This whole program by the NYPD has been stopped, but we have to make sure it stays stopped.”

Last year, at least 30 men were arrested in stings at Manhattan porn shops, reports Gay City News. “When Robert Pinter, who was one of the 30 men, went public about his arrest –– saying that an undercover cop 25 years younger falsely claimed Pinter attempted to sell sexual services –– the outcry resulted in the Manhattan district attorney letting the legal time limit it has to prosecute cases run out for some men; in a few cases, the prosecutor outright dismissed the charges,” the paper said.

The stings were used to try and close the porn shops down.

There have been no new porn shop arrests since October, although police continue to arrest gay men and transgendered women on prostitution charges in Manhattan’s streets and spas.