纽约时代广场一名靠与游客合影为生的“裸体牛仔”打算竞选纽约市长，称要将政府透明度提高到新水平。这位牛仔10年以来一直在时代广场谋生，其标志性形象为脚穿牛仔靴，头戴牛仔帽，身穿紧身白色内裤，游客与他合影需要先付钱。在竞选声明中，这位牛仔表示要在减税、旅游业、同性恋婚姻、公共交通以及国土安全方面提出新政策。在今年11月的纽约市长竞选中，他将与现任市长迈克尔布隆伯格同台竞争。

New York City street performer Robert Burck, better known as "The Naked Cowboy" plays his guitar on the streets of Sydney as a promotional event for department store Myer May 14, 2008.

A man who makes his living posing for pictures with tourists as "The Naked Cowboy" in New York's Times Square plans to run for mayor on a platform of "bringing transparency to a whole new level."

A fixture¹ in Times Square for a decade, Robert Burck has made a profitable business from strumming a guitar dressed only in cowboy boots, hat and tight-fitting white briefs, asking tourists to pay a fee to take a picture with him.

He makes appearances around the United States and in the media, and markets products ranging from underwear to comics.

A statement announcing a news conference on Wednesday to launch his candidacy said the Naked Cowboy's platform would include a stimulus² plan for small business.

"No one knows how to do more with less than yours truly, and that's the kind of thinking I plan on sharing with my fellow New Yorkers when you elect me," Burck said in the statement, promising³ new ideas on tax breaks, tourism, gay marriage, public transport and homeland security.

His main opponent in November's election will be incumbent⁴ Michael Bloomberg, who appears to be sailing toward re-election for a third term in the absence of a strong competitor.