Write these councilmembers today, before it is too late. Send them each an individual email and call their offices. (SEE email and phone #'s for each below) ...
The main sponsor of Intro #846-A, Councilmember Leroy Comrie, described it in a public hearing as, "A pilot program for the entire city." At a later hearing,...
Sunset Park BID's Outrageous Vending Lies SEE: http://www.sunsetparkbid.org/events.shtml Typical of the lies the Sunset Park has used to justify their proposed...
FAX #'s City Council; Fax them today! Below are the fax numbers, email addresses and phone numbers for the Consumer Affairs Committee members who will vote...
http://www.indypendent.org/2009/05/14/sidewalk-clash/ There is a very interesting dialogue on the page above between myself and the BID consultant who founded...
DCA Commissioners are BID operatives DCA (Department of Consumer Affairs) is the City agency in charge of vending laws and enforcement. For decades it's...
Below are all the City Council members email addresses and the final email I just sent them. Here is YOUR final chance to make a difference. They vote on Wed...
Latest news: Intro #846-A BOTH the Committee hearing/vote (10AM) AND the final vote by the entire City Council (1:30PM) are on Wed moring only, not WED and...
[PASS THE WORD TO THOSE YOU KNOW SO THEY DON"T GO TO CITY HALL ON WED] CM Comrie cancels vending hearing on Intro 846-A for 6th time! As predicted, they just...
One of the three sponsors of Intro #846, Councilmember Letitia James, has now removed her name from the bill. Please see the following message from Council...
BIDs (Business Improvement Districts) BID materials to study - Know Your Enemy **a free educational service from the ARTIST group** [See the 7 files listed...
PASS THIS ON TO OTHER VENDORS and STREET ARTISTS ALL BID INFO (BIDs: Business Improvement Districts) Addresses, phone numbers, websites, names of officers etc ...
5/25/09 ARTIST members, Have you downloaded and read the BID proposal for Intro #846? Our educational site is the ONLY place anyone can get a copy. At this...
Keeping up the pressure on elected officials re: Intro #846 I am writing each of the elected officials from Brooklyn (where the Sunset Park BID is located) ...
Feel free to forward, post, print out and distribute widely (without making any changes or additions). This contains new, never before seen documents-thanks. ...
How to save evidence for ARTIST We need ARTIST members to get in the habit of properly saving and forwarding evidence. The articles below are important...
The ARTIST groups is looking for members who want to help shape the future of selling art on the streets of NYC. That shaping is going on around us all the...
FAX #'s for the City Council Consumer Affairs Committee; Phone, Email and Fax them today! Below are the fax numbers, email addresses and phone numbers for the...
[Feel free to repost, forward, print out etc] FINGERPRINTING STREET ARTISTS is about to become a law. Here is why you should care. Below my comments is the...
Just sent this separately to each. Please send yours ASAP to ALL of the NY State Senators Their contact info is here: http://www.nysenate.gov/senators Below,...
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/22/32_22_editorial.html Editorial Paper: Stop the BID bid The Brooklyn Paper June 4, 2009 A sizeable number of...
Street artist: the game Being a street artist is no different than anything else in life. It's a game. All games have rules. If you want to win, you have to...
Minimum wage concession vendors and new licenses: the hidden agenda to destroy vending Below are four news articles on the minimum wage vendors that work in...
Selling public spaces Not one month into the Mayor's Midtown Pedestrian Mall project, and the truth comes out in full bloom exactly as the ARTIST group ...
Here's the latest privatization effort gone wild... A single food and merchandise concession for an entire NYC Park. They didn't even bother to pretend to open...
Quo bono? Who benefits from the NY Times publishing story after story on so-called "wars" between vendors? Why the emphasis on these vendors all being Islamic?...
It took hours of negotiating to get them to post this comment -but they finally did it. Imagine them claiming they have, "no agenda on vending." Quo bono? Who...
Questions re: Increased enforcement; Veteran vendors/artists on a restricted street; Can you legally sell jewelry, tee shirts or crafts without a license? etc....
NOTE: The article incorrectly has my name as, "Robert Morgan." It's Robert Lederman http://www.nypress.com/article-20077-busted_.html NY Press Wednesday, July...