NYC Street Artists aka NYCstreetartists is a newsgroup for A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics) founded in 1993. ARTIST is about the legal and political struggle for full First Amendment protection involving the creation, 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, court rulings, ARTIST lawsuits and photos of a few of our 250 protests. In FILES, read "The Basics" for all vending info. In the FILES section is the New York City vending law [For the most complete version SEE: 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/
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The moderator is Robert Lederman, president of A.R.T.I.S.T.
artistpres@gmail.com
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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 of ARTIST protests and street artist arrests contact the moderator and see the photos section. All photos (c) Robert Lederman