Thursday, October 1, 2026
An Astoria man accused of trafficking women at hotels in Uniondale and Garden City pleaded guilty on Oct. 27 to sex trafficking and promoting prostitution in Nassau County.
Jorge Ramos, 55, an undocumented immigrant, faces a sentence of one to three years in prison after admitting that he coerced a woman into working for him in prostitution, threatening to release a private video if she refused, according to law enforcement officials.
Prosecutors said Ramos brought women to area hotels, including the Marriott in Uniondale and the Hyatt Place in Garden City, to engage in sex work. He was arrested on Feb. 20 in Garden City after investigators observed him transporting two women to the Hyatt Place Hotel.
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said Ramos trafficked one victim between Nov. 21 and Nov. 23, 2023, at his home in Astoria and the Uniondale Marriott.
Search warrants executed on the day of his arrest at his home and in two vehicles turned up multiple phones and electronic devices. Ramos is expected to forfeit a 2011 Acura and 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander.
Donnelly recommended a sentence of three to nine years in prison and that Ramos be registered as a sex offender. However, he is expected to be sentenced to one to three years on Dec. 11.
The arrest followed a joint investigation by the FBI Long Island Human Trafficking Task Force, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Nassau County Police Department’s Narcotics Vice Squad.
“Sex trafficking can happen anywhere and to anyone, even in popular chain hotels in Nassau County neighborhoods. Jorge Ramos exploited these victims and threatened one of the women into compliance to keep her working for him in a life of prostitution,” Donnelly said in a news release.
“Thanks to extensive surveillance and undercover work by our law enforcement partners, this predator was arrested and brought to justice for what he did to these women,” she added.
