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A word about the above photo, which is generally considered among our mutual acquaintances to be the perfect, sad summation of our friendship. It was taken during our semi-famous trip to Rick’s Cabaret, back in 2008. My favorite story about that night is about the photographer Daulerio convinced to take pictures gratis. The kid, some doughy, earnest college boy who lived in New Jersey, showed up all harried and haggard; his older brother had driven him all the way from campus to his parents’ house to pick up his equipment for this terrific opportunity (photos for Deadspin!) but he couldn’t get in the bar because he wasn’t 21. We got him in, which was when he realized he was not shooting a “cabaret show”—like Daulerio had told him in the email—but in fact a strip club. He tried to leave immediately, but Daulerio, as he tends to do, persuaded him to stay; the kid agreed, as long as he didn’t have to drink, wo …

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… What Iâve found over the years is you have flush years and you have years where itâs more difficult,â Friedlander said when asked whether the cityâs legal office is being hampered by the nationâs lagging economy.
He recalled how during the lean 1970s, the Law Department had only one photocopier for everyone in the office to share. Three attorneys would share a telephone and an office.
âœThose of us who have been through that have determined that itâs not going to happen again,â Friedlander declared.
Recruited to the Law Department out of law school at New York University by his professor, Warren Redlich, who later became corporation counsel, Friedlander joined the office in September 1970, and he has never left.
Brooklyn Heights also became the Manhattan-born Friedlanderâs home during this time when the Heights was still suffering from the days of old New York â when prostitutes, vagrants and junkies roamed the Brownstone blocks.

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West New York cops uncover ‘prostitution house’ on Broadway, police say
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Google MapsWest New York police say they uncovered a “prostitution house” on Broadway near 60th Street.
WEST NEW YORK — Police made multiple arrests after they uncovered what they’ve called a prostitution ring operating out of a Broadway apartment last Thursday, reports said.
Teresita Quiroz-Verdugo, 37, of Queens, and Luis -Lopez, 33, of Union City, were being monitored at an apartment complex on Broadway near 60th Street because police believed one of the apartments was a “prostitution house,” officials said.
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The surveillance team then had an undercover officer enter the alleged prostitution house. The officer signaled the surveillance team to enter the building once he determined that a transaction for sexual favors was made, officials said.
Huesca and Lopez were charged with engaging in prostitution, while Quiroz-Verdugo was charged with solicitation, police said.

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By Jeanmarie Evelly
Bronx State Sen. Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr., has some objections to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plans for New York–particularly his idea to legalize casino-style gambling–which the governor laid out yesterday in his State of the State address.
Diaz admits he’s one of the only not lauding yesterday’s speech (the Rev., very descriptively, called himself “the lone voice crying in the wilderness”), in which Cuomo described his plans to boost New York’s economy by investing in infrastructure, and, yes, amending the state constitution to allow for the operation of casinos.
“Governor Cuomo has already legalized gay marriage,” Diaz laments. “Now he wants to legalize casino gambling. What’s next – legalizing prostitution and marijuana and drugs – all in good “faith” to make money to raise tax revenues for the State?”

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Governor Cuomo has already legalized gay marriage. Now he wants to legalize casino gambling. What’s next – legalizing prostitution and marijuana and drugs – all in good “faith” to make money to raise tax revenues for the State?
What Senator Diaz fails to take into account is the fact that this ship has already sailed. New York already has a lotto, so any harm that gambling is going to do has already been done. In this case, it is a six-of-one-half-a-dozen-of-the-other type deals whereby the state can make money off of tourism coming in, but the benefits could be outweighed by the problems that it will cause.
As for the legalization of drugs and prostitution, there is a lot of evidence that eliminating the bans on those would actually benefit the poor.

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New York woman charged with prostitution in Upper Saddle River
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Upper Saddle River police arrested Yuhua Liu, 40, on Jan. 2 for providing “in-call” prostitution services in the borough, Police Chief Patrick Rotella said.
The married, self-employed woman from College Point, N.Y., is charged with Engaging in Prostitution and was also served with a borough summons for Operating a Prohibited Establishment, he said.
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While she has not been charged with prostitution in the past, Kane said police are seeing a “steady amount” of cases like these.
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A keyword search for Upper Saddle River on well-known websites with “escort” services pages in North Jersey revealed several recent provocative advertisements ostensibly offering prostitution.
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“The in-call service is when the customer goes to the prostitute, and the out-call is when the prostitute comes to your location, whether it’s a hotel, motel or your home,” Kane said.

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This week’s end-of-the week concerts are about as bleak as the beginning-of-the-week’s weather. The biggest draw might actually be Slick Rick. Slick Rick.
Thursday, January 5
Nothing good. Save your money.
Friday, January 6
Besides having a super gross name, Slick Rick is a London-born Jamaican rapper who emerged in the 80s with such hits as “Treat her like a Prostitute” and “Children’s Story.” He fell into the Bronx crowd after his family moved stateside in the 70s, starting the Get Fresh Crew and eventually signing to Def Jam. He’s been in and out of prison—first for shooting his cousin, and then because Immigration wanted to deport him for the crime of not changing his citizenship when he moved to the U.S… when he was 11. But he’s out now and playing the Brooklyn Bowl at 8 p.m. Show is 21+ and $15.

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McClear had majored in costume design, and set out from Detroit’s decay to work on costumes for the Classical Theatre of Harlem. The job was temporary and so were her lodgings; when her father learned what sort of flophouse she was living in, he advised her (the one example of paternal advice in the book), “Shove your wallet down the front of your pants. That’s what we used to do in the army.” She looked to be a barista or waitress, but those jobs didn’t pan out, and then she was a telemarketer for less than a day. With zero money and zero prospects, she answered a Craigslist ad for dancers. “Being a stripper was pretty much the last thing I could imagine myself capable of doing. I was terribly shy and awkward. I still felt hopelessly behind when it came to sex, or dating, or even socializing. I was a wallflower and a late bloomer… I watched and waited.” She was hired to do lap dances, an …

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In his second State of the State speech since taking office, Governor Andrew Cuomo said he plans to straighten out the state’s fiscal problems while expanding job growth and strengthening education. In front of hundreds of lawmakers, policy leaders and other New Yorkers, the governor delivered his vision for 2012 – a vision that seeks to spin stagnation into governmental action. Read More & Watch the Video: Queens Courier
State Liquor Authority postpones decision for controversial Long Island City strip club
Supporters and opponents of a proposed Long Island City strip club have two more weeks to make their case before the State Liquor Authority. Commissioners from the authority heard more than an hour of testimony Wednesday but delayed a decision until a January 18 meeting so they can pore through reports and other documents submitted by the Gypsy Rose’s operators, known as 21 Group Inc. Elected officials and community leaders have fought bitterly over the last few years to stop the club from opening at the 21st Street location, just at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge. Read More: Daily News

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You can read any list of the better-known song titles and start to piece the story together: “Sophisticated Lady,” “Having Myself a Time,” “Foolin’ Myself,” “Hush Now, Don’t Explain,” “No Regrets,” and so on. Music critic Henry Pleasants described Billie Holiday’s voice as being hoarse at the bottom and thinly shrill on top, “with top and bottom never very far apart.” But even at the end of her abbreviated life, when it was ravaged by drug and alcohol abuse, Holiday’s small, shrill, slurring voice, like a broken toy cornet, could convey a range of feelings only hinted at by a song’s lyrics. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, a biographical music revue on stage at Hattiloo Theatre, is an unflinching portrait of an artist who, from her days as a teenage brothel worker to the time she spent singing with the most revered orchestras of her generation, was defined almost entirely by addiction and pain.

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