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NYU art historian a "peeping Tom"

Hey Finocchio, what grows on you when you do something wrong and lie about it?

According to the NY Post, NYU art history professor Ross Finocchio was arrested on charges of unlawful surveillance, having been discovered at a West Village boutique recording women in the dressing rooms yesterday afternoon.

While in another changing room, Finocchio reportedly hid his camera in a shoe, slipped it under an adjacent door, and waited for women to enter the space....

Read entire article at NYU Local