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�S <br />recruit and market the dancers. In ..`e New York area, Goldfingers .andpure Platinum are two <br />of the most successful national inarketing organizations associated with" local Topless clubs. <br />Typically, the dancers are treated as independent contractors, thereby ieleasing management <br />from the responsibility for withholding taxes or social security; and protecting the club <br />owners from potential legal liability for the dancers' behavior. The typical. customer is an <br />affluent male repeat customer between the ages of 25 and 30.43 , <br />Certain factors appear to be influencing the recent proliferation of triple -X video stores and <br />nude bars in or near residential neighborhoods in New York Ciry,' such .as Murray Hill, <br />Chelsea, Sunset Park, Sunnyside and Forest Hills. First, the 'availability of low -budget <br />videotapes has enabled increasing numbers of low-end porn entrepreneurs to enter into a <br />market that was previously closed to them. Second, topless bars have been successfully recast <br />as upscale adult uses, catering to young businessmen with money to spend. <br />Inventory and 'Fends, by Location and Type _ <br />r' <br />The locations of adult entertainment establishments in New York City that were identified <br />by the DCP survey in 1993 are shown on the maps following page 19. Data in this section <br />was obtained from different sources, and may reflect differences in definitions as to what <br />constitutes adult entertainment. Pre -1993 data is presented because it is the most thorough <br />available and, outside of Midtown Manhattan, provides an understanding of the location of <br />adult uses at that time. <br />0 <br />Molly Gordy, "What's Under the Paint? How to Keep the Law Happy When Topless is a Business." New <br />York Newsdav, Manhattan Edition, September 17, 1992, p. 29. <br />18 EVER00117 <br />