![NEW YORK, USA. A girl poses with a Muppet character Elmo in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Anatoly Strunin Stock Photo - Alamy NEW YORK, USA. A girl poses with a Muppet character Elmo in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Anatoly Strunin Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CX3A8E/new-york-usa-a-girl-poses-with-a-muppet-character-elmo-in-times-square-CX3A8E.jpg)
NEW YORK, USA. A girl poses with a Muppet character Elmo in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Anatoly Strunin Stock Photo - Alamy
![Jorge, an immigrant from Mexico, poses with a woman while dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo in Times Square, New York July 29, 2014. Elmo and Cookie Monster have long delighted Jorge, an immigrant from Mexico, poses with a woman while dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo in Times Square, New York July 29, 2014. Elmo and Cookie Monster have long delighted](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2cwncbx/jorge-an-immigrant-from-mexico-poses-with-a-woman-while-dressed-as-the-sesame-street-character-elmo-in-times-square-new-york-july-29-2014-elmo-and-cookie-monster-have-long-delighted-young-viewers-on-tvs-sesame-street-but-the-recent-antics-of-new-york-street-performers-dressed-as-the-beloved-characters-have-drawn-the-ire-of-city-officials-and-now-the-shows-producers-sesame-workshop-which-owns-the-rights-to-big-bird-ernie-and-the-assorted-puppet-monsters-on-the-45-year-old-program-said-on-july-29-2014-it-was-drafting-plans-to-stop-performers-who-dress-up-as-the-characters-from-app-2cwncbx.jpg)
Jorge, an immigrant from Mexico, poses with a woman while dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo in Times Square, New York July 29, 2014. Elmo and Cookie Monster have long delighted
![Jorge, an immigrant from Mexico, and dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo rests in Times Square, New York July 30, 2014. Elmo and Cookie Monster have long delighted young viewers on Jorge, an immigrant from Mexico, and dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo rests in Times Square, New York July 30, 2014. Elmo and Cookie Monster have long delighted young viewers on](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d0d34g/jorge-an-immigrant-from-mexico-and-dressed-as-the-sesame-street-character-elmo-rests-in-times-square-new-york-july-30-2014-elmo-and-cookie-monster-have-long-delighted-young-viewers-on-tvs-sesame-street-but-the-recent-antics-of-new-york-street-performers-dressed-as-the-beloved-characters-have-drawn-the-ire-of-city-officials-and-now-the-shows-producers-sesame-workshop-which-owns-the-rights-to-big-bird-ernie-and-the-assorted-puppet-monsters-on-the-45-year-old-program-said-on-july-29-2014-it-was-drafting-plans-to-stop-performers-who-dress-up-as-the-characters-from-appearing-in-time-2d0d34g.jpg)
Jorge, an immigrant from Mexico, and dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo rests in Times Square, New York July 30, 2014. Elmo and Cookie Monster have long delighted young viewers on
![Creepy' and costumed characters touch people 24 times per hour without consent in Times Square | Daily Mail Online Creepy' and costumed characters touch people 24 times per hour without consent in Times Square | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/10/15/18304068-0-image-a-25_1568125363996.jpg)