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Suffolk County Clerk Vincent Puleo owns strip mall with foot spa tied to alleged sex acts

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By Sandra Peddie, Bahar Ostadan Verified
| Newsday Verified
A St. James foot spa operating in a strip mall owned by Suffolk County Clerk Vincent Puleo features indicators commonly associated with illicit activity, including online customer reviews of sexual contact  and no massage license.
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Map: See which Long Island massage spas have been raided as police, towns attempt to disrupt sex trade

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By Sandra Peddie, Bahar Ostadan Verified, Belisa Morillo Verified
| Newsday Verified
Police arrested one woman in November at King Foot Spa in North Bellmore, and she subsequently was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost By Sandra Peddie, Bahar Ostadan and Belisa Morillosandra.peddie@newsday.com bahar.ostadan@newsday.com belisa.morillo@newsday.comJune 11, 2026 6:27 am Tucked beside kids’ dance studios, salons, medical practices and other family-friendly businesses, sex is for sale at hundreds of massage spas across Long Island.
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Hundreds of Long Island massage spas sell sex. Neighbors complain. Police raid them. Business is booming.

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By Sandra Peddie, Bahar Ostadan Verified, Belisa Morillo Verified
| Newsday Verified
Watch Now • 3:15 'They are in every town' Police have raided nearly 240 spas in the last five years — 85 places more than once — and arrests are up more than 1200%. Newsday investigative reporter Sandra Peddie has the details. The door to Well Foot Spa stayed locked on a recent afternoon, its windows covered, its business visible only in brief flashes: a man peering through the slats of the shade, a woman unlocking the door, another man slipping out, then another arriving in a pickup truck.
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