1st Amendment Protected Vending in NYC

UPDATED April 8th, 2010

Bloomberg and the Parks Department are at it again. They are now attempting to limit "expressive matter" vendors, which includes artists. All people who love free speech should be concerned about these new "rules", which circumvent the regular legislative process.

Details of the proposed rules are here. This link includes our response, and a sample letter that you can use as a reference to create your own.

For those of you who are interested in acquiring a working knowledge of the basics of 1st Amendment vending in New York City, please click here.

Current NYC vending laws can be seen here.

Articles on artists attaining 1st Amendment protection are here.