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...
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_345/sayinghesbeing.html Villager Volume 79, Number 27 December 9 to 15 2009 West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho,...
Street Artists vs Parks: The Bigger Picture By Robert Lederman I found this interesting quote in today's NY Times: "The shape of any object represents the...
Two More Highline Arrests Ordered by NYC Parks Commissioner Sunday 12/6/09 ARTIST President Robert Lederman and ARTIST member Jack Nesbitt were both arrested...
Tis the season for many summonses to be issued to artists selling in parks. You will find that the PEP officers are often totally uninformed on the laws, or on...
NOTE: I appreciate the Villager's excellent coverage of this issue (see article below) but want to make two comments by way of correction. 1. My stand as shown...
Holiday Markets vs. street artists by Robert Lederman A number of "Holiday Markets" will be opened this week in places like Union Sq Park, Columbus Circle,...
About my arrest on the Highline by Robert Lederman As you may have read I was arrested this Saturday 11/21/09 in Highline Park while selling my art. Here’s...
Artist arrested on Highline 11/21/09 (See NY Times article on the arrest below) Robert Lederman, president of the street artists' rights group A.R.T.I.S.T....
A glimmer of hope in a tough art selling market. The super rich are still buying art at very high prices. NY Times November 12, 2009 Warhol Fetches $43.7...
http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-990-as-their-numbers-grow-questions-persist-about-role-of-bids-in-new-york.html CITY HALL As Their Numbers Grow,...
Below are links to 3 separate documents concerning the requirement that vendors, including artists, must be 20 feet from a door. If you get a summons for the...
At the website below you can find more than 50 downloadable documents of interest to street artists. These include all vending laws, coverage of our lawsuits, ...
DECEPTION ALERT: The Street Vendor Project The available evidence suggests that the Street Vendor Project (SVP) is a corporate sponsored, government-funded,...
Dear Commissioner Benepe, Your comment that artists displaying and selling art in Union Square Park is, "not what the founding fathers intended," is an...
http://nymag.com/guides/money/2009/59480/ Excerpt: Quote from NYC Park Commissioner Benepe: " In the view of the park’s purists, all this activity is a...
Election gives SoHo artists new opportunity: will they make good use of it? "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." NYC's primary election...
Alan Gerson, SoHo's City Councilmember, who spent his entire 8 years in public office trying to destroy the rights won by street artists, has lost the primary...
Just like BIDs (Business Improvement Districts) privatize public streets, park conservancies privatize NYC's public parks while enriching the real estate and...
Ch 11 TV news Food cart wars; Mayor Bloomberg on Met disabled vet issue; City officials issue press release on vending etc. The latest example of the media...
NY Post SIZZLING 'FRAUD' By ERIN CALABRESE and CHUCK BENNETT August 29, 2009 Street vendors are engaged in "fraud" when they cynically hire disabled veterans...
Park conservancy salaries Park conservancies like the Central Park, Battery Park, Union Square Park or Bryant Park Conservancies are exactly like BIDs ...
Please read and think about this, thanks Met Crackdown Press Release From NYC officials Exactly as predicted, in response to disabled veteran vendors foolishly...
Met Crackdown Press Release From NYC officials Exactly as predicted, in response to disabled veteran vendors foolishly overdoing things while selling food...
Met Museum vending: the beginning of the end I've been vending since 1962. One thing I have consistently noticed is that vendors (artists, vets, food etc) have...
ACLU sues Fort Lauderdale Florida on behalf of street artist (See news article below. The artist in the article is a long time, long distance, member of...
Here is what happens in a concession system where vendors must pay to sell. Don't let this happen to you. Defend your FULL First Amendment rights from any...
Links to ARTIST Materials (SAVE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE) Want to understand everything about vending, street artists, art vendors and the First Amendment rights...
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