It’s annoying the way the news sensationalizes articles with words like “illicit” in the headlines to imply that sexual stuff was going on, and when you read the actual article all they were charged with was either no license or code violations. They make no distinction between legit places and foot spas versus massage parlors or “spas”, some of which make no effort to appear legit like the one recently busted at 201 Higbie Lane West Islip, which was a plain residential type of building with no signs other than the standard amp photo on the door. Then you read the comments online after the article appears and its “close down all foot spas!” “They’re all up to no good!” “They’re creepy!”
One of the recent busts was for a combination foot/nail spa and they interviewed a customer on News12 and she was “shocked” that “this kind of thing was going on there.” WHAT kind of thing?! They weren’t shut down for prostitution! Some busts result in nothing more than license/code violations and they reopen shortly afterwards, like Green Center Foot Spa in Deer Park, there was a link to a story on their bust a few pages back. I was there a few times and it was very legit, but it’s opened again and remodeled to look even nicer.