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|artist=Various, | |artist=Various, | ||
|subject=Nudity | |subject=Nudity | ||
|confronting_bodies=New York Daily News | |confronting_bodies=New York Daily News | ||
|medium=Performance Art, Public Art, Public Speech, Theatre and Performance | |medium=Performance Art, Public Art, Public Speech, Theatre and Performance | ||
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|location=New York, NY USA | |location=New York, NY USA | ||
|description_of_content=Women posing topless in Times Square, decorated with body paint (often resembling the American flag), and soliciting tourists and other pedestrians to pose in photos with them in exchange for tips. | |description_of_content=Women posing topless in Times Square, decorated with body paint (often resembling the American flag), and soliciting tourists and other pedestrians to pose in photos with them in exchange for tips. | ||
|description_of_incident=The New York Daily News has run multiple articles lambasting the topless performance artists, and an August 16, 2015 cover with the title "Bust This Flesh Pit: Growing Surge of Topless Hustlers Defiles City." | |description_of_incident=The New York Daily News has run multiple articles lambasting the topless performance artists, and an August 16, 2015 cover with the title "Bust This Flesh Pit: Growing Surge of Topless Hustlers Defiles City." Criticism has frequently claimed that children in the public space should not be exposed to topless women. | ||
The New York Times quoted NYPD Commissioner William Bratton as disapproving of the practice, but could not find a legal basis for removing them: | The New York Times quoted NYPD Commissioner William Bratton as disapproving of the practice, but could not find a legal basis for removing them: | ||