Revolt over Times Square's topless ladies: Parents' anger over 'inappropriate' behavior of the painted women who hustle for $10 photos with underage children

Complaints have been made over the influx of topless women prancing around Times Square and charging tourists to be in photos, deeming it inappropriate and offensive.

The women, who cover their bodies in paint and and typically wear nothing but a thong, are not in trouble for being topless - which is legal in New York City - but for posing with underage children.

The number of women at the tourist mecca have doubled in the last year, with about 40 walking around Times Square on the weekends, according to The New York Daily News. 

Nuisance: Tourists have complained about the influx of topless women hanging around Times Square charging people cash for photos

Inappropriate?: The women, who cover their bodies in paint and and typically wear nothing but a thong, are not in trouble for being topless - which is legal in New York City - but for posing with underage children

Complaints have been made over the influx of topless women prancing around Times Square and charging tourists to be in photos, deeming it inappropriate and offensive

The women usually charge about $10 per photo with tourists and have become a Times Square mainstay

The women wear nothing more than a thong and then apply body paint, often with patriotic drawings

Odessa Leitch, 38, told the newspaper she was not happy that her 12-year-old son and three-year-old daughter had to witness the same during a recent visit. 

'It's inappropriate,' she said.

Another parent, Parfait Mutimura, was equally as unhappy.

'I understand New York is all about self-expression but there are a lot of kids out here,' he said. 

'They could keep these women in a different spot, away from the Disney characters, but they wouldn't make as much money. 

'That's what this is about, right?' 

 Chris Oliveri, 25, who works with one group of women, added: 'It's not a business, it's a hustle.

'If you're not working from every angle, you're not making money.'

Busy at work: One of the men who paints the women each day gets to work one morning 

'It's a hustle': The women, who cover their bodies in paint and and typically wear nothing but a thong, are not in trouble for being topless - which is legal in New York City - but for posing with underage children

Topless women have come under fire for posing for nude photos with children in New York's famous Times Square

The women, who cover their breasts with only body paint, are accused of targeting the youngsters

Mason Hunt, 37, of the Lower East Side, paints a group of the women each day. 

Hunt said it makes sense that the numbers are increasing so much. 

'When you have something so good, it's going to explode,' explained Hunt. 

 He was among the first to get involved with the scene.

'It's artwork, expressing the most beautiful thing in the world — a naked woman's body.'