http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/ NYCstreetartists, NYC Street Artists Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:21:57 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1585 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1585 Recently I had a total computer failure and lost many thousands of files. Fortunately, most were backed up to removable disks. Below are links to 4 websites Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:34:07 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1584 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1584 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 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:11:40 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1583 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1583 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, Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:26:01 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1582 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1582 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 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:19:29 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1581 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1581 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, Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:01:49 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1580 DECEPTION ALERT: The Street Vendor Project The available evidence suggests that the Street Vendor Project (SVP) is a corporate sponsored, government-funded, Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:12:36 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1579 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1579 Dear Commissioner Benepe, Your comment that artists displaying and selling art in Union Square Park is, "not what the founding fathers intended," is an Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:43:22 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1578 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1578 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 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:54:36 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1577 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1577 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 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:47:44 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1576 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1576 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 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:49:38 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1575 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1575 Just like BIDs (Business Improvement Districts) privatize public streets, park conservancies privatize NYC's public parks while enriching the real estate and Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:57:01 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1574 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:17:36 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1573 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 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:05:48 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1572 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1572 Park conservancy salaries Park conservancies like the Central Park, Battery Park, Union Square Park or Bryant Park Conservancies are exactly like BIDs Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:49:56 GMT Robert Lederman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1571 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCStreetArtists/message/1571 Please read and think about this, thanks Met Crackdown Press Release From NYC officials Exactly as predicted, in response to disabled veteran vendors foolishly