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TAKE ACTION:
Regrettably, I am no longer selling in Union Square. Mayor Bloomberg has displaced working artists who sell in NYC public parks by restricting vendors to a fraction of the current spaces (ONLY available on a first come, first serve basis at 6 AM).

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Download the Job Killer poster and distribute!

Artists in Public Spaces Phone-In:
You can help! Just pull out your cell phone and call. You don’t need to live in New York to let these public officials know your opinion; visitors are big business.

People to Contact:
Parks Commissioner, Adrian Benepe. 212 360-1305 or Adrian.Benepe@parks.nyc.gov
General Counsel, Department of Parks & Recreation, Alessandro G. Olivieri, 212 360-1313 or alessandro.olivieri@parks.nyc.gov
Mayor Mike Bloomberg, 17 E 79th St., New York, NY, 10021-0101
Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate for the City of New York, 212.669.7250 or email
Christine C. Quinn, City Council Speaker, (212) 564-7757 or email from this page by clicking “Contact Speaker Quinn”

Be polite but firm when making calls. Remember that many, though not all, of the people we are calling are our potential supporters and allies.

1) Tell the person who answers the phone who you are and where you’re from. You don’t need to live in New York to let these public officials know your opinion; visitors are big business.

2) Does the public official you are calling have a position on the new Park Rules restricting artists’ free speech in public parks? What is the position? Has it been made public?

3) If they don’t know yet about the new rules, tell them: The rules significantly restrict the number of artists who can sell in the parks and will put hundreds of artists out of work and/or subject them to tickets, fines and/or arrest. NYC Local Law 33 (1982), the First Amendment and several Federal Court rulings currently allow artists to work in the parks without seeking permission. The new park rules illegally rewrite NYC laws passed by the City Council, disregard the First Amendment and ignore Federal Court Rulings.

4) Tell them you strongly support the right of artists to work in the parks.

5) Tell them you are outraged that the city is putting people out of work in the middle of a recession.

6) Tell them the new Park Rules aren’t needed. If there is a problem with congestion, the city should simply enforce the current rules.

7) Ask them to directly call Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Quinn and Park
Commissioner Benepe and tell them to stop enforcement of the new rules