NYC Street Artists aka NYCstreetartists aka New York City street artists or street artist is a newsgroup for A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics) founded in 1993. ARTIST is about the struggle for full First Amendment protection involving the display and sale of art on NYC streets and in Parks. Members of A.R.T.I.S.T. have won numerous First Amendment Federal lawsuits about the right to sell art on public property without a license or permit under the New York City vending laws. SEE the PHOTOS and FILES links on left side of this page for media clips, BID information, court rulings, ARTIST lawsuits and photos of our 250 protests. In FILES, read "The Basics" for all vending info. In the FILES section see New York City vending law OR NYC vending laws with legal citations in the LINKS section. To view files or images you have to be a registered Yahoo member. It's free. Join from this page by clicking on the "JOIN THIS GROUP" button above the protest photo or go to http://www.yahoo.com/ ***PLEASE SET EMAIL PREFERENCES TO EITHER INDIVIDUAL EMAIL or DAILY DIGEST ONLY The moderator is Robert Lederman, president of A.R.T.I.S.T. (201) 896-1686 artistpres@gmail.com Send email ONLY to that address. FOR VIDEOS OF ARTIST ARRESTS, CONFISCATIONS and SPEECHES GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=artistpres For the archived pre 2000 ARTIST website go to: http://web.archive.org/web/20040401094651/www.openair.org/alerts/artist/nyc.html For info on NYC street furniture http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCstreetfurniture/ For use of photos contact the moderator and see the photos section. All photos (c) Robert Lederman For a list of direct alternative links to useful materials see: Links to ARTIST Materials.doc in the FILES section on the left side of this opening page. Just about everyhing you might want to know about NYC street artists, street artists or vending is on this website.