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The famous Naked Cowboy in New York City's Times Square endorsed GOP candidate Lee Zeldin for New York Governor in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday. Rep. Zeldin, R-N.Y., shared the video in a Tuesday tweet, showing Naked Cowboy, whose real name is Robert John Burck, singing a customized song for the GOP candidate while performing with a guitar wrapped with Zeldin's name. "Lee Zeldin for governor of New York. This one-party Democratic rule clearly doesn't work. Gonna restore law and order, repeal the cashless bail," Naked Cowboy sang. "Fire all the woke DA's who won't put these thugs...

The barely clothed busker, real name Robert Burck, found a chilly reception when he arrived around 2 p.m. at City Hall Park, where hundreds of demonstrators have vowed to dig in unless the next budget includes a $1 billion funding cut to the NYPD. “Very nice meeting you!” Burck called to the throngs while strumming his guitar and walking off down Chambers Street. “Get the ---- up outta here!” yelled one less-than-amused protester who followed him to make sure he got the hell out of Dodge. “We’re gonna make sure y’all leave!” “You supported Donald Trump,” another demonstrator could be...

Was walking by Trump Tower this afternoon and the famous NYC Naked Cowboy was performing out in front, in full Trump regalia - singing a version of "Make America Great Again." Video here. Sorry (ladies) for the quality and brevity of this video, I was in a hurry to make an appointment and couldn't linger long. Maybe later in week, if he's still out there, I'll take a higher quality video. I walk by there most days as my office is nearby. At first I thought he was mocking Trump but he was really putting his heart and soul into...

NEW YORK - New York's famed Times Square "Naked Cowboy" said he is mulling a 2012 run for U.S. president on a conservative platform. Robert Burck, who was dubbed the Naked Cowboy for his daily walks around Times Square wearing only his underwear, guitar and cowboy hat, said his major inspirations for his presidential bid are the writings of Ayn Rand and his perception of government becoming larger under President Barack Obama, Politico reported Friday. "I'm definitely conservative by nature. I believe in limited government, I am by nature an entrepreneur and a small businessman, and I've been very successful...

Times Square isn't big enough for the two of them. The Naked Cowboy claims a bawdy, bikini-clad female busker who calls herself "The Naked Cowgirl" is ripping off his shtick, and he's threatening to lasso her into court for as much as $150,000. The cowboy, whose real name is Robert Burck, sent a cease-and-desist letter to his foil, Sandy Kane, a fixture of the city comedy scene and former stripper famous for closing her act by lighting her breasts on fire. "Your use of Naked Cowgirl is essentially identical to the Naked Cowboy and is clearly in violation" of Burck's...

New York City's famous Naked Cowboy was due in a San Francisco court on Monday after being arrested there Friday while singing in his underwear, the New York Post reported. Robert Burck, clad only in skin-tight underpants, cowboy boots and a hat, was busted on a sidewalk just outside of Union Square for performing his act in a restricted area. He said the West Coast cops didn't immediately recognize him as Times Square's most famous street performer — and mocked his familiar ensemble when they got him back to the station.

For all the supposed mounting public outrage over the continuing U.S. involvement in Iraq, the nationwide protests on the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom turned out to be more sputter than substance. In New York, barely 1,000 people turned out Saturday to protest the war; another couple of hundred showed up on Sunday. Frankly, there are longer lines waiting to buy tickets at the half-price booth. Even the Naked Cowboy in Times Square probably draws bigger crowds. Around the nation, turnout wasn't much better. A few dozen showed in Baltimore, a couple of hundred in the antiwar hotbed city...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Come rain or shine, he stands in Times Square, strumming his guitar and croaking out a tune, almost naked except for cowboy boots, hat and the tight white briefs that occasionally reveal his politics. To most, the Naked Cowboy is just another street performer, and not a very good one at that. But as he struts his stuff daily on Broadway for dollars from tourists, the Naked Cowboy is convinced he has achieved his goal of becoming "the most celebrated entertainer of all time." "I've become the pin-up symbol of New York City," the Cowboy, also...

Thu Dec 5, 2:32 PM ET Robert Burck, a street performer known as the 'Naked Cowboy', sings in Times Square in New York on December 5, 2002 as a snow storm hit the city. Burck, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who sings in Times Square throughout the year, said he was not cold because he was 'burning with desire.' Snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the region's first major storm of the season played havoc with the morning rush hour along the U.S. east coast snarling commuters in traffic accidents and flight delays, and forcing schools to close. REUTERS/Peter Morgan