ARTIST UPDATE 5/1/06 This past weekend the police told a number of artists in SoHo that they could no longer set up along a large strip of the west side of ...
Newsday NY Judge blocks part of graffiti law aimed at young people By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer May 1, 2006, 5:40 PM EDT NEW YORK -- A federal...
Giuliani's dream of collecting the DNA of everyone arrested for the slightest violation of law is about to become a reality in NY State.... NY Times May 4,...
Giulianitime starts Friday, May 12 Director Kevin Keating In Person Fri & Sat, May 12 & 13 at 7:20pm and Sun, May 14 at 4:40pm (schedule permitting) Landmark...
NY Times May 7, 2006 City Lore Bring Us Your Tired, Your Poor. Or Don't. By EDWARD T. O'DONNELL NO patch of earth is more closely associated with immigration...
The Post weighs in on the graffitti ruling. Note that the same editorial writers at the Post used the exact same words to describe all the A.R.T.I.S.T. group's...
Village Voice Rudy Awakening Mr. Giuliani wants to go to Washington; doc protests by Michael Atkinson May 9th, 2006 Giuliani Time Directed by Kevin Keating ...
A new vending law, INTRO #324, removing the cap or limit on the total number of vending licenses, has Just been proposed by City Councilmember Barron. This is...
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/05/11/btm/ Salon May 11, 2006 "Giuliani Time": The rise and fall and rise of "America's mayor," with chapters yet...
5/11/06 1 PM In the previous post I suggested that the Councilmember Barron's bill proposing issuing thousands of new vending licenses was really just a sneaky...
5/11/06 1 PM In the previous post I suggested that Councilmember Barron's bill proposing issuing thousands of new vending licenses was a sneaky and very...
REUTERS NY City's long-delayed public toilets clear hurdle Mon May 15, 2006 6:24 PM ET NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - New York City on Monday took a major step ...
Villager Volume 75, Number 52 | May 17 - 23 2006 Union Sq. north-end renovation gets final approval By Albert Amateau The city's Art Commission on Monday...
Please help distribute the recent leaflet, "Art Vending: The Basics" It is in every street artists' interests that all street artists are fully informed about...
[If you speak fluent Spanish please proofread this translation, kindly made by ARTIST member April Scott, and email me any comments or corrections at...
Press Release Source: Cemusa Inc. Cemusa Takes First Steps to Hire Local Manufacturers Thursday May 25, 6:46 pm ET NEW YORK, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Cemusa...
[NOTE: John Feinblatt, the same sex partner of the new DCA Commissioner mentioned in the NY Post article below, is a NYC official who is determined to send...
Please share this info with your fellow street artists and vendors FIRE HYDRANT LAWS for Street Artists and vendors by Robert Lederman Police officers...
I've just added a downloadable form to apply for a sales tax ID to the website. Other documents that some artists had trouble downloading because they were in...
[Please share this very important article with every street artist you know] Below are three articles from the new issue of The Villager, the only newspaper...
For those who wonder why NYC officials keep trying to take away street artists rights despite us winning so many lawsuits this NY Times article below may be...
We now know for certain that both the Parks Committee and the Consumer Affairs Committee of the City Council will be voting this year on proposed new laws...
Gerson confesses plan to relocate artists by Robert Lederman As described in the ARTIST newsletter over the past few weeks, Coucilmember Alan Gerson is putting...
Robert Lederman will be interviewed about the proposed new restrictions on street artists this Wednesday on WBAI radio. The show is City Watch, WBAI 99.5 FM ...
Dear sir, I have been in U.S. for more than decade. I had been a waitress for 10 years to support myself schooling and to create art. Since year 2000, I...
Dear Councilmember Gerson, I am a NYC street artist, and a member of A.R.T.I.S.T., the group that defends artists' 1st amendment rights to vend on the streets...
Below are three more ARTIST letters out of hundreds that are being sent. When you write yours, please send them to each Councilmember individually rather than...