From

Benepe
pharrisbloomberg.neV

To

CC
BCC
Sent Date Received Johnston

Warner

Rudolph Jane

2005-10-12

171124042 171124042

Date

2005-10-12

Subject Attachments

RE

one complaint

few thoughts
hearing
artists

Very few
that

of

the vendors percent

of

out

in

the

parks

are actually

artists

An
of

artist at

public
in

estimated

only 10

those

selling

stuff

under the guise

that
sell

art

are

fact

original

Most

of them

are vendors

hired by small companies

posters prints photographs Expressive

reproductions T-shirts

and

other

mass-produced

merchandise
original

Regardless
artwork

currently

people

selling

Matter
are allowed they
to

merchandise do so without any fees

block
to

which includes

as well as mass-produced
other vendors

permit or license of any

City to

kind Unlike

food

etc

do not pay

the

do business

on public space They are only regulated

things to walls but or spread
art

paths

or park

entrances
these

attach rules

summonses
exception
that

for violating

not for selling

of

also does

not protect vendors

crafts
in

jewelry

to make sure they do not much they might receive in the Matter park The Expressive recent count showed soaps clothing etc

out too

the

number
have

of

such vendors had doubled have very any

the

parks areas

and
of

certain

parks
selling

such as Central Park

Battery Park art

and Union Square

not enforced the

dense

vendors

art

very

little

of

it

original

We

rules

more vigorously

than
to

we
do

ever have

We

have received
visitors

complaints

from

other merchandise

vendors
paths

who
of of

pay fees 1982

for

so
to

and from

park

and

advocates
the City

about vendors clogging about vendors

it

certain

parks
to

and several

years

ago

we
City

approached

Council
of

clarifying

the law

vendor law

allow us
to

somewhat
to

regulate the

number

and location
declined
to

as

the

was

intended

Parks

be able

do

but the

Council

act so

remains the status quo

from the regulars
to
sell

We
is

have

not received

one

woman who
find that

any complaints has been waging

licensed

any

of

campaign
crafts

soap

but so far

about any enforcement issues There we have not allowed her to markets
clearly

and have would

not

referred her to the there are

effect

markets and farmers

than
in

On

non-rainy

day

visitor
is

more on

artist vendors
their selling of

ever before so parks

whatever

we

are doing

having

chilling

stuff

Call

me

if

you have

any questions

Original Message From pharris@bloomberg.net October 12 2005 1241 Sent Wednesday

PM

To Benepe Fwd Subject

thoughts

one complaint

timely

Original

Message
Steinhauer

From At

Jennifer

jesteinytimes.com

10/12

1236
artist

so the

street

people say the administration

in

has been

hostile giulianis

toward them and writes summons

attempts
to

for artists

working

parks

and on the streets even though any thoughts on that

stop

them

did

not

survive

federal

legal

challenge

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