Apr 7 Council Votes to Crack Down on Naked Ladies and Costumed Characters in Times Square Muppets, desnudas and superheroes will have to limit their activities to special zones in Times Square and other pedestrian plazas. By Will Bredderman
Mar 28 Times Square Alliance (and the Naked Cowboy) Call for New Regulation in Plaza "If I have to give up some of my own little freedom to run around, so be it. I think it'll increase the quality of the performers," Robert John Burck, otherwise known as the Naked Cowboy, said. By Janaki Chadha
Mar 9 Council Aims to Regulate Pedestrian Plazas Overrun by Elmos and Desnudas The City Council introduced a bill giving the Department of Transportation authority over pedestrian plazas—step one to regulating densudas. By Jillian Jorgensen
Aug 24 Times Square Business Leader: Panhandling, Not Toplessness, Is the Real Problem By Will Bredderman
Aug 20 Costumed Characters Ally With Immigrant Rights Organization, Demand Fair Treatment By Steffi Feldman