Headshots Photography in New York – recommmendations?

A friend of mine wants to try some corporate modeling – she works for the agency. I am going to need a portfolio! I’ve read on various forums (for actors and models) that this portfolio would be your playing card. It has to be done really well and professionally. I was recommended one headshot photographer – David Martin in Chelsea.
His portfolio on the website looks really sleek with nice colors – actors, celebrities but his prices seem to be very reasonable – $250 for a basic headshot session.
Has anybody worked with him before?
Any recommendation what else I need for the basic portfolio?

Jobless Rate is scary – NYC

The nation’s unemployment rate rose to a higher-than-expected 7.6 percent in January as businesses shed 598,000 jobs.
Wonder what are the numbers in New York area.
Budget officials assume the city will have shed 294,000 jobs from mid-2008 through 2010, the highest official estimate by government officials yet, including 46,000 in financial industries.
Bloomberg has proposed cutting the city budget by about $1 billion and raising its sales tax to help close a $4 billion shortfall for the fiscal year that begins on July 1.
Via NYPOST