‘Happy ending’ foot spa booted from Long Island pol’s strip mall after staff allegedly caught offering sex acts

‘Happy ending’ foot spa booted from Long Island pol’s strip mall after staff allegedly caught offering sex acts

This place is finally being brought to heel.

A Long Island foot spa renting space from Suffolk County Clerk Vincent Puleo had its lease yanked by the elected official after it was revealed the shop was offering happy-endings.

K&T Foot Spa in St. James is no longer in business after Puleo said he found out Wednesday from a Newsday report about the reputed randy activity, the business told The Post.

The alleged dirty deeds first came to light in online reviews of the location, with one woman saying her boyfriend was propositioned for some sexual shenanigans after getting a normal foot massage.

“You want?” the customer was allegedly asked by a masseuse who “tapped” his private area and made a “suggestive hand gesture,” according to a post written on Yelp.

K&T Foot Spa in St. James had its lease yanked by Suffolk County Clerk Vincent Puleo after the landlord and elected pol discovered the shop was offering happy-endings to customers in his strip-mall. K&T Foot Spa/Facebook

“He was offered a happy ending! We were both in shock about that,” the post continued.

That review, according to the website, was left in January — to which the owner, Tom Hagzan, responded the spa doesn’t tolerate that and the worker would be dealt with.

But it appears that may not have been the case, and the spa continued offering prostitution services to its mostly male customers, some of whom would arrive after closing, according to the outlet.

Puleo expressed to The Post that he was “shocked,” and “disappointed” to learn what was allegedly taking place in the business, which is located in a Lake Avenue strip mall he owns.

“[Puleo] was not involved with the daily operations of the spa,” his spokesperson, Todd Shapiro told The Post, adding that the clerk is too busy in his elected position to micro-manage the businesses he rents to and had no idea the spa was performing shady activities.

“As soon as he found out, he terminated their lease and reached out to the [District Attorney] and [Suffolk County police] to investigate,” Shapiro added.


Vincent Puleo in a suit and patterned tie.
Puleo expressed to The Post that he was “shocked,” and “disappointed” to learn what was allegedly taking place in the business. Suffolk County Clerk

It is currently unclear whether DA Ray Tierney’s office is investigating the claims. A spokesperson for the DA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

When reached by The Post, reps for the spa claimed their lease “expired” but refused to respond to the prostitution claims.

The K&T closure comes amid an aggressive crackdown on illegal massage parlors across Suffolk County.

On Thursday, Tierney indicted 10 people — including a ringleader accused of running four storefronts as fronts for prostitution — in a long-term, multi-agency investigation that authorities say generated more than $1 million in illicit proceeds.

The alleged enterprise, which operated from February 2025 through earlier this month, spanned three Huntington spas and a Flushing parlor, according to prosecutors.

Xiaolan Gong, 59, of Flushing, was hit with a top count of enterprise corruption and now faces up to 25 years after authorities said she used the businesses to run a large-scale prostitution ring while laundering the profits into mortgage payments and a brokerage investment account.

Search warrants executed Monday at the four parlors and four defendants’ residences turned up cash and gold bars prosecutors allege are tied to the operation, authorities said.

Nine co-defendants — eight of them women accused of offering sexual acts to undercover officers — were also charged.

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