As someone who has lived most of his life and is aware of the current conditions here in NY, I thought I might make a few suggestions to providers thinking of visiting. Also, I hope to give you a better understanding of what to expect when you visit. Let me tell you what New York is really about.
--Expect to pay double what your hotel room is worth. And expect it to be twice as small as you hoped it to be. A decent room 10x10 about $350.
--Do not make eye contact with anyone. Here in NY it seems to be taken as an invite for an argument.
--If you must use the subway, don't expect it to work properly any time except 6-10AM and 4-10PM. The mass transit system's purpose it to get the working folks to and from work thus easing traffic a little so the Limos and Towncars can get the real important people where they need to go. Do not mistake the transit systems as something being offered for public convenience. There aren't even any public restrooms available. Actually I've seen 2, yes TWO. With hundreds of miles of track and hundreds of stations and hundreds of thousands of riders daily, 2 restrooms. But New Yorkers don't seem to mind. Many urinate right in the stations, by the stairs is a favorite, or by the trash pail.
--Don't bother police officers with questions about directions or any other info. Especially those of you from other countries, the police are not public servants here. They serve as a security force for the elite. They are here to make sure nobody messes with big business. They are not trained to protect and prevent crime, but to detain those deemed undesirable and collect funds for the city via tickets and fines. Hey the tax breaks to Disney Time SQuare and new stadiums have to be made up somewhere. Besides they are very busy nowadays with arresting escorts, football betting sheet offices and now MR. Softy the Ice Cream truck for excessive noise. I am not kidding, MR. Softy.
--Understand what the "quality of life" crimes are really about. It's not about quality of life for the citizens of NY but the quantity of business interests. Example: my favorite coffee and bagel cart (which was operating for years at the same location) was chased away from the block as part of a "quality of life" crime as it obstructed the sidewalk. Laughable as this was actually one of the most spacious walkways I've used in Manhattan. Anyway, in less than a month a Starbucks was set up with a huge stand extending to and blocking part of the sidewalk.
--Even though this city is somehow associated with debauchery and vice, you wont find it unless you really know where to look and someone to get you in. Our strip clubs are as tame as can be, our adult video stores are forced to stock 60% non adult material. Just try to light a cigarette, I dare ya.
--Understand those in power can do Whatever they want here. If it's too blatant, they will even change the laws if they have to. Example: You have an adult video store near times square for years. Suddenly, mega corporations are interested in times square. They want you to vacate, but you have a lease. Hey, well here's a solution: you can no longer sell those videos, it's a quality of life issue. You know you cant stay in business. You're gone. If New York wants porn let them order it through the cable companies. No porn without one of the approved major corporations getting a cut.
--You have only the rights they say you have. Understand this girls? I once naively thought that to be arrested for a crime you had to actually commit one. Not so. I know a girl personally who is a college student and thought she might pay her way working. She went for the job interview and a minute after she sat down the cops busted in. Because it was a Friday, she had to do the weekend in jail. She was there and that's all they cared about. She never even saw a client. I've heard many other accounts similar to this one.
--Stay inline. Nothing they hate more than disobedience. School teachers and other dangerous types were detained for days in a filthy grease filled bus servicing station when they protested the Iqaq war. People were getting sick from sleeping on the oil saturated floors. They were kept there and not a damn thing anyone can do about it.
--Remember you are at their mercy. You can screen till you're blue in the face, but if they want you they can get you. Only take clients that you can verify by calling the company switchboard? They set that up too. Drivers license? Sure they can issue those. Home phone? Sure they can arrange that as well. Hey "Well he touched my breasts and I licked his dick" you say. Well says who? Or should I say, says ho'. You word against theirs.
--And one last thing, Watch where you step. There is dog shit everywhere. Should be no surpise as we just love animals here. The upper east side is home to the most advanced animal hospital in the country. True story: I once saw a homeless man and his cat by a subway station. Later that evening I saw him crying. I asked what happened and he told me they took his cat. The ASPCA or one of those animal rights groups came and rescued the cat. They left the human being in a cardboard box, but they rescued the cat. In NY you can pay an easy million for an apartment but have to dodge huge steaming piles of dog shit as you walk outside. These people are never home but they hire dog walkers. What a sight, a 120 pound guy being dragged around the block by a pack of dogs shitting all over the place, by the mailboxes, the newspaper vending machines, in front of your house. People have to walk with their head down and watch every step. I bet you have to go to Calcutta to find similar unsanitary conditions. But hey vendor near the curb is gone. Disgusting.
Yeah I know what this sounds like.