Some riders are complaining about how the seats on the 42nd Street shuttle train in New York City have insignias from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
The advertisements are intended to promote the Amazon TV Series "The Man in the High Castle," in an alternate reality series in which the Axis powers were victorious in World War II.
The New York City MTA maintains that the advertising is acceptable under their policy:
"The updated standards prohibit political advertisements. Unless you're saying that you believe Amazon is advocating for a Nazi takeover of the United States, then it meets the standards. They're advertising a show," MTA spokesperson Adam Lisberg told Gothamist.
Amazon announced Tuesday that they were pulling the ads after NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a statement criticizing the ads.
"While these ads technically may be within MTA guidelines, they're irresponsible and offensive to World War II and Holocaust survivors, their families, and countless other New Yorkers. Amazon should take them down," de Blasio said.
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