[float=right]
[/float]http://observer.com/2015/08/state-senator-wants-to-stop-times-square-nudity-by-banning-toplessness-for-everyone/
by Will Bredderman
August 21, 2015
The Times Square desnudas and the Naked Cowboy might both have to cover up, if Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. has his way. The socially conservative Democrat and ordained minister argued that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to rip out Times Square’s pedestrian plazas to tamp down on the titillating business of body-painted half-naked women charging tourists for photos would only cause them to migrate. Instead, Mr. Diaz said he would roll out legislation outlawing toplessness for men and women alike—meaning Robert John Burck, who calls himself the Naked Cowboy and famously plays guitar in Times Square dressed in just underwear and a Stetson hat, would have to cover his torso too.
A 1992 New York State Supreme Court ruling determined that statutes permitting men to go about in public with their chests completely uncovered but censoring how much skin women could show were discriminatory. Mr. Diaz said his legislation would apply equally to both genders and thus steer clear of violating the state Constitution.
Excerpted. Read more at
http://observer.com/2015/08/state-senator-wants-to-stop-times-square-nudity-by-banning-toplessness-for-everyone
