1st Amendment Protected Vending in NYC

UPDATED June 5th, 2009

There are several pieces of legislation before the City Council of New York, and one in particular before the State Senate, that all people who love free speech should be concerned about.

Details of Intro 846-A here. The proposed NY State law to fingerprint vendors, thereby classifying them as "repeat offenders" and requiring jail time, can be seen here. Sample letter in reponse to the state law can be seen here.

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.