Real estate interests have been trying to eliminate vending of all kinds from NYC for many years. The Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are run by the...
STREET VENDORS Councilmember Tony Avella introduced two bills related to food vendors. A 1995 law sets a limit of one food-vending permit per individual, ...
Texts of Intros #446, #447 There is a City Council hearing on these two proposed laws Friday, Feb 29th 2008 10 AM at City Hall Why am I posting this to the...
The Parks Dept spent 150 million dollars to replace natural grass with artificial turf. Guess what? It's toxic. These are the same folks who wanted artists...
Latest corporate promotion/privatization..... Parks Dept brings 150 tons of fake snow to Union Sq Park as part of an advertising campaign for Jeep/Chrysler...
A small favor to ask you... Please add a link on your website to this address http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/ so that those searching the net...
A documentary by an ARTIST member has just been released. It shows a fascinating art project (parts which took place at the Met and in Union Sq Park) that took...
NY Times February 26, 2008, 1:29 pm City Settles Parks Bias Suit for $21 Million By Sewell Chan After 14 months of negotiation, New York City has agreed to...
An ARTIST member asks the following key question: "Robert, I have a quick question on the email you recently sent out regarding green carts. After reading...
The NY City Council will vote on 3 proposed vending laws this Friday. Here's your chance to see first hand how the NY City Council handles vending issues. One...
Below is a press release from the Bloomberg administration. I suggest we all save a copy of it for future use in the event the city attempts to make any new...
Daily News Wheels of 'green cart' proposal jammed BY FRANK LOMBARDI DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU Friday, February 1st 2008 Mayor Bloomberg's "green cart" plan...
A couple of articles for background info on vending... To understand why NYC officials want artists eliminated from the Parks you have to understand the...
If you've ever been told by the police to move your stand, you'll definitely relate to this 2 minute 1903 movie by Thomas Edison. The police officer is the guy...
Council passes new vending law The NY City Council just passed the new vending law despite protests by influential advocacy groups and some members of the...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/files/SoHo%20Alliance%20anti-vending%20leaflet%2008.pdf This link may or may not work depending on your browser....
Here's the latest wrinkle in the new vending laws scam... The just passed "green carts" law sponsored by Mayor Bloomberg [ Intro # 665] that will issue over...
STREET ARTISTS Here's the subscribe info to our group website where you will find all the latest legal and political information on the issue of vending art on...
The following comments are based on a draft of Councilmember Gerson's vending bill which was just submitted to me for comment by his staff. Not one word was...
For those who can't or don't want to read the actual full text of this proposed new vending law I've provided a very short synopsis below. ... Councilmember...
For those who can't or don't want to read the actual full text of this proposed new vending law I've provided a very short synopsis below. ... Councilmember...
I've gotten a huge number of emails from artists asking how to contact Councilmember Gerson's office. Artists are really outraged by what he is proposing. How...
This article below from today's Villager will give you an idea of how the local residents really feel about vending. Sean Sweeney, quoted in the article below,...
Dear ARTIST members, It is crucial that you write to Councilmember Gerson as soon as possible so that he understands that no street artist supports his...
Dear ARTIST members, In the past week, many ARTIST members have written to Councilmember Alan Gerson expressing that they are strongly against the proposals in...
ABOUT ARTIST... Dear member of ARTIST, The goal of our group has two parts. The first is to let all artists know about their full right to create, display and...
[The contact info and sample letter are at the end. Please take the time to write to Councilmember Gerson.] Comments on Councilmember Gerson's proposed vending...
NY Times April 4, 2008 Phony Allocations by City Council Reported By RAY RIVERA and RUSS BUETTNER The New York City Council has appropriated millions in...
Want to help? Print this out and give to every street artist you know. If you'd like a PDF file of it that's perfectly formatted for printing ask for it, at...
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