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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 vending protection involving the 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 vending license or park 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, lawsuits and photos of our 250 protests. In FILES, read "The Basics" for all art vending info. In FILES 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 direct alternative links to useful materials see: Links to ARTIST Materials.doc in the FILES section on the left side of this opening page. Everything you might want to know about NYC street artists, street artists, street vending or vendors is on this website.
NOTE: ARTIST member Chris Drew's felony arrest in Chicago for recording the police who were issuing him a summons, is based on Illinois law. In Illinois, you
Below is a link to 8 documents from the NYPD, the Parks Department and the DCA (Department of Consumer Affairs) on selling art or other First Amendment
Washington Sq Art Show The Villager Volume 79, Number 31 January 6 - 12, 2010 West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower
ARTIST in 2010 For NYC street artists, 2009 was a difficult year. The economy reached its lowest point in our lifetimes. As even the wealthy cut back on
Note: based on the First Amendment, musicians can legally perform anywhere on public property in NYC, including on subway platforms. For an entire website on