The Latest: 3 Times Square performers arrested in tips spat

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on efforts to create new areas in Times Square designated for costumed characters to pose with tourists and ask for tips (all times local):

Three costumed characters who take photos with tourists in New York's Times Square and ask for tips have been accused of refusing to give tourists change.

The arrests came a day after the city started painting teal rectangles in pedestrian plazas designating where the costumed characters can pose with tourists and solicit tips.

New York City workers have started painting teal rectangles in pedestrian plazas designating where costumed characters can pose with tourists in Times Square.