Pawtucket City Council approves law to regulate massage parlors - The Providence Journal

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday night that will allow the city to regulate "body works" spas and shut down places suspected of operating as fronts for brothels.


City Councilwoman Sandra Cano, who sponsored the measure with Councilman Timothy Rudd Jr., called the vote "a great holiday present" for the city. "Finally, we are able to proceed and close the massage parlors that are not good for our community, our city and for the women who are...​