Saira introduced me to Chris, who has been a painted lady “manager” for four years. “We call ourselves painted street performers,” she replied. Turns out calling her “Naked Lady” in Spanish was a little too blunt. So on Monday night, I stopped one of the performers, Saira, 29, after work. Andrew Cuomo says they remind him of the bad old days Mayor Bill de Blasio immediately created a task force to try to ban them. The painted ladies of Times Square have become Public Enemy No. Just another happy customer for me, the Scourge of New York City. “I’m sending that to my mom!” she shouts, immediately texting it. The girl, around 7 years old, beams for the camera. “Of course!” I say, crouching down so my feathered headdress and star-spangled painted boobs fit into the picture, her little brother also squeezing in. “You’re so pretty! Can I take a selfie with you?” she asks. Post reporter Amber Jamieson goes undercover as a “desnuda.” Helayne SeidmanĪ little girl in a hot pink T-shirt looks up at me as if staring at a princess.
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