New York – Cookie Monster may soon need a license.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday he believes the people wearing character costumes in Times Square should be licensed and regulated.
Dozens of people — dressed as kids’ favorites like Elmo, Cookie Monster and Batman — stand near 42nd Street and pose for photos with tourists in exchange for money.
De Blasio said the practice has “gone too far.”
A man dressed as Spider-Man was arrested Saturday after allegedly punching a police officer who told him to stop harassing tourists.
The City Council is working on legislation that would require the characters to get a city-approved license.
The mayor said even those dressed as superheroes have to “play by the rules or you won’t be working here any longer.”
I thought there was a law forbidding waering a full face mask in public.
DeBlasio says these guys have to “play by the rules or they won’t be working here anymore”. Our problem seems to be that we have a mayor who calls panhandling work and policing racism. Our city is suffering from a surge in crime due to his revocation of stop and frisk. Maybe be can reinstate it and hire elmo and spiderman to enforce it…
So a guy who is doing the work has to give a cut to Disney who created the characters a generation ago. Typical.