“I think it has gone too far, and it’s time to take new steps to regulate this new reality,” he said. “It’s not appropriate for anyone to demand a certain amount of money from a passing tourist and harass them in that manner,” de Blasio told reporters, including WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman. All demanded tips, but didn’t ask for a specific amount — which they’re not allowed to do. “They keep asking for tips,” said Jalicia Cruz, a New Yorker. “You don’t want someone who’s just come from jail to take a picture with your kid. We don’t want to keep giving tips all the time.” 
 
 On Saturday night, an officer overheard Bishop refuse a woman’s $1 tip after posing for a picture, telling her he only accepts $5, $10 or $20 bills, investigators said. When Bishop didn’t have any identification, the officer tried to arrest him, police said. Police cracked down on Times Square’s menacing pack of costumed creeps over the weekend after a Spider-Man punched an NYPD officer — busting five more panhandlers and trailing many others to warn tourists about them. Bishop, 25 — who previously panhandled as a Cookie Monster — was arraigned hours earlier on charges of felony assault, criminal mischief, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Salinas, aka Captain America, was released without bail Sunday. “I would think [twice] about letting my kids take a picture with them.” - Josefina Martinez 
 
 “The cops are on top of us all the time, telling people to not give us tips, which is not fair,” said a man dressed as Bane from “Batman.” 
 
 “It’s not easy. Four other characters also were collared in a Times Square sweep Saturday night, including Captain America, Jessie the cowgirl from “Toy Story’’ and another Spider-Man, sources said.
– You’re supposed to be helping the NYPD, Spider-Man and friends—not giving them grief. Junior Bishop, aka Spidey, was arrested this weekend in Times Square on charges involving drug possession and slugging a cop in the face, but he was soon joined by Captain America, the Naked Black Cowboy, Toy Story’s Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl, and another Spider-Man. They were all busted Saturday night for charging tourists exorbitant prices for meet-and-greet pics and/or disorderly conduct, reports the New York Post. "They’re like little terrorists preying on all the tourists," a law enforcement source says. A recent New York Times article delved into how the Big Apple has been cracking down on the city’s aggressive panhandlers, which even include men dressed as Buddhist monks and women as Taoist nuns. The nonprofit Times Square Alliance is calling for more stringent licensing for street characters it calls "violent and aggressive" with "troubling criminal records," says CBS New York. Some of the costumed racketeers bemoan the cops’ interference: A man dressed as Batman nemesis Bane tells the Post that officers "are on top of us all the time, telling people to not give us tips, which is not fair." But people on the street seem to be relieved the NYPD is taking care of business. "You don’t want someone who’s just come from jail to take a picture with your kid," one mom says.