[Bella_Bru]

For a while, tattooing was illegal in NYC. Curiously, some of the best work came out of NYC at that same time.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Single-needle tattooing was illegal in NY for a long time. I don't think it still is, but I'm not sure.

Paul Booth inks in NYC, and is the most amazing tattoo artist that I have ever seen.