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Street artists are legal: Entire text of the Bery decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Argued: April 26, 1996 Decided: October 10, 1996)
LEDERMAN LINKS: The Robert Lederman Website, Greenwich Village Gazette columns; Lederman’s essays on Malathion and the spraying of insecticides on NYC
NYC Artist Wins Federal Suit Against U.S. Gov’t (3/15/2000) 
Giuliani’s Crimes Caused Diallo’s Tragedy (2/25/2000)
Giuliani Orders Artist Arrested For the 41st Time (2/17/2000)
Giuliani's New Year's Gift To Street Artists (12/30/99)
Tourists and Terrorists: Giuliani 2000 (12/27/99)
Sticky Info on Impeach Giuliani (12/15/99)
Giuliani Steps On the Homeless (11/20/99)
Giuliani, Enemy of Art (11/2/99)
Artist Loses Suit Over Rally Arrests (10/31/99)
Giuliani Says Don't Worry, The Spraying of Poison Gas Will Continue (9/18/99)
Giuliani gases Jews on Yom Kippur by Edward J. Stone (9/17/99)
Exhibition of "Giuliani-as-Hitler" paintings by Robert Lederman at Blackout Books. Opening reception: Thursday July 8, 1999, 7-10 PM, Blackout Books, 50 Ave B, between 3rd and 4th Streets Manhattan.
4th of July Statement by Robert Lederman(7/4/99)
Giuliani's Brooklyn Boyhood(6/25/99)
Street Vendor Review Panel Orders Artist Arrested(6/24/99)
The Anti-Giuliani Strike Force and its first event(6/21/99)
A partial listing of my arrests and summonses since 1994(5/10/99)
His Artwork Raises A Fuehrer by A. Dickter (5/7/99)
Time To Deflate "Blow Up" Giuliani (4/28/99)
Giuliani Gives His Lawyers A Raise (4/27/99)
***Art As Politics: Giuliani Portraits by Robert Lederman***- exhibit at Clayton Gallery #161 Essex Street, Manhattan
Giuliani Attacks the "Giuliani-as-Hitler" Signs(4/17/99)
Why I Paint Giuliani As Hitler(4/15/99)
Excerpts from "Giuliani Cop System Doesn't Work" by Joseph D. McNamara(4/15/99)
A note from, "the worst element in society"(4/6/99)
Shoot an unarmed man 41 times; get a raise? (3/27/99)
Artists' Suit Against Police May Proceed (3/26/99)
re: Guy Trebay's, "Disobedience Training" {Village Voice 3/24-31/99}(3/26/99)
re: 3/26/99 NY Times Editorial, "The Mayor Reaches Out"(3/26/99)
An open letter to all members of the New York City Council(3/23/99)
An Open Letter to the Men and Women of the NYPD Concerning Allegations of Racism(3/16/99)
City Council Releases Text of New Vending Law; ALSO: 100 streets to close on or about March 13th; Vendors Defend Your Rights! (3/11/99)
Arrested For Saying, "Arrest Giuliani"(2/25/99)
Save the DRAGON MARKET by John Cross of Informal Cyberspace(2/20/99)
Chinatown Take Out (February 17 - 23, 1999)
Chinatown Vendors Protest City Evictions(2/18/99)
Giuliani On The Brink: Now We Know Why He Needs a Bunker(2/17/99)
Adolf Giuliani Downsizes the Underclass(2/15/99)
Vendors Plan Anti-Giuliani Demo, February 10, 1999
W. African Street Vendor Dies by Police Bullets As Vendors Prepare for Demonstration(2/5/99)
City Council Activities and the Vendor Ban(2/3/99)
Giuliani Panel Begins Final Solution for Vendors(1/25/99)
Some Recent Lederman Letters to the Editor(12/10/98)
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Dismisses 24 Cases Against Foe Of Mayor Giuliani(11/19/98)
Giuliani Quotes(11/25/98)
Rudy Giuliani: New York's #1 Yankee Employee(11/25/98)
The N.Y.C. Corporation Counsel: 600 Lawyers in Service to Giuliani's Corporate Police State(10/15/98)
New legal complaint filed in Federal Court against Mayor Giuliani. Details the charges of constitutional violations (9/5/98)
Police Confiscate Newspapers, Arrest Artist(8/26/98)
***Demonstration and sell-in on Tuesday 8/25 starting at 11 A.M. in front of the Met
Parks Department Ignores Judge's Ruling, Begins Arresting Artists in Front of Metropolitan Museum of Art Again(8/24/98)
PUBLIC ENEMY: Robert Lederman's War Against Mayor Giuliani: An interview by Andrey Slivka, Adam Mazmanian and Russ Smith((7/8/98)
PAINT MISBEHAVIN': An Art Attack by Gersh Kuntzman(7/24/98)
Ayatollah Giuliani: the Corporate Cleric of the Evolving Police State. A Plea for Impeachment(7/20/98)
Arrest Photos of Robert Lederman (7/98)
Protest Portraits of Mayor Giuliani(7/19/98)
New York Post Publishes 2nd Editorial in 31 Days Attacking Street Artist(6/17/98) Giuliani as the Dictator?
Protest Portraits of Mayor Giuliani to be Exhibited in Madison Avenue Office Tower(6/8/98)
At least 800 vendors and supporters demonstrated at a Manhattan park, then marched less than half a mile along a lane of Broadway to a second protest. They blew whistles, chanted and waved colorful umbrellas from hot dog carts. ``I have a family to take care of. I'm trying to make a living,'' said Mir Tajdr, an immigrant from Afghanistan who sells bananas and grapes from a stand near Madison Square Garden. -The Associated Press, http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Vendor-Protest.html (6/3/98)
It's Not Just About Hot Dogs... New York City Deputy Mayor Washington Admits New Vending Restrictions Ban Art, Books, Newspapers and Free Expression From City Streets*; More Restrictions On the Way (6/1/98)
Media reports on new vending restrictions for 144 streets are inaccurate; the sale of newspapers, books, political materials, bibles and art are also restricted(5/31/98)
Mayor Giuliani leaves Commencement Speech at Cooper Union Art School While Artists Are Being Arrested Outside(5/27/98)
Giuliani, the Street Vendor Review Panel and the Restriction of 144 Streets To Vending(5/25/98)
Artist Protesters arrested at 5/15/98 Giuliani Photo Show Opening(5/16/98)
Artists To Protest Show of Art by Mayor Giuliani in SoHo this Friday 5/8/98 Leica Gallery #670 Broadway. Protest begins 11A.M.. Contact # (718) 369-2111
Parks Department Police Confiscate Protest Signs, Arrest Artist(4/1/98)
Giuliani puts artist-activist through the system in retaliation for filing $200,000,000 lawsuit(3/26/98)
Update on Street Artist's $200 Million Lawsuit and the Met Museum Protest(3/23/98)
Street Artist Files $200,000,000 lawsuit against Mayor Giuliani, Parks Department and NYPD (3/20/98)
After Meeting At Mayor's Office, Artists Are Told Giuliani Wants Them Off The Street; Metropolitan Museum of Art Reverses Policy on Street Artist Permits; More Arrests and Art Confiscations Expected Today(3/15/98)
Three artists arrested during 15th Day of Metropolitan Museum of Art protest(3/11/98)
Ongoing Street artist demo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (3/6/98) More arrests are expected on Saturday when a much larger number of artists show up at the Met.
Re: N.Y. Times editorial, "The Fight Over Street Art"(3/4/98)
From N.Y. Times (Editorial Board) Editorial (3/4/98) p. A20: The Fight Over Street Art: "In pleasant weather the plazas on either side of the Metropolitan Museum of Art fill with 50 or more artists, many of them with work for sale, lending a festive atmosphere to the area....The museum views the artists as a tourist attraction and says that patrons have never complained about crowding, obstruction or unruly behavior... Above all, the artists see the crackdown at the Met as a form of revenge against their court victory. ...Unless sidewalk congestion truly becomes a safety hazard, the city ought to lean toward preserving both free expression and the festive atmosphere the artists bring."
Artists Arrested During Protest Outside Metropolitan Museum Of Art (3/2/98)
Demonstration and press conference to protest the anti-artist policy 2/24/98 Tuesday, Feb. 24th at 9:30 A.M. at the Arsenal, Fifth Ave. and 64th St. (near the zoo) [rain, snow or sunshine, take #6 train to 68th St.]
Stop Giuliani's War on Street Artists (2/17/98)
Letter to the Editor - B.I.D. Police Facilities (2/17/98)
Letter to the Parks Commissioner - Artist Restrictions (2/16/98)
News for N.Y.C. Street Artists and Vendors(2/13/98)
Sidewalks are not just for walking. by Robert Lederman (1/31/98)
Vendor Alert, Meeting and Press Conference Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1998, 6 P.M. at Cantor Film Festival, #36 E. 8th St. All vendors and media are urged to attend! by Robert Lederman, President of A.R.T.I.S.T.
Demonstration. Members of A.R.T.I.S.T. will stage a Chalk-In to protest Giuliani's pedestrian barricades Wednesday, 1/21/98 at 12 noon beginning at the SW corner of Fifth Avenue and 50th Street.
Defying Giuliani's Police State by Robert Lederman(1/20/98)
Letter: Handcuffed by the Mayor (1/15/98)
Lederman arrested during the Mayor's State-of-the-City speech (1/14/98)
Street artists, and food, Viet Nam Vet, and general vendors demonstrate at N.Y. City Street Vendor Review Panel (1/9/98)
The Street Vendor Review Panel: The time to fight back is NOW! NO RESTRICTED STREETS!!! by Robert Lederman (1/5/98)
A January 1, 1998 Inaugural Poem for Rudolph Giuliani by Robert Lederman(1/1/98)
(related Link: Business Improvement Districts by HK Online)
Open Letter to New York City's B.I.D.s (Business Improvement Districts) by Robert Lederman(11/18/97)
Street Artist Demonstration inside the E.C.B. (Environmental Control Board) Court 1250 Broadway 8th floor Wednesday, October 22, 1997 9 A.M. (10/22/97)
Police ignore Federal ruling; continue illegal crackdown on street artists(7/16/97). Image 1(8k) and image 2(11k) of police confiscating art.
***Street Artist Federal ruling stands: U.S. Supreme Court rejects Giuliani appeal (6/2/97) ***
Welcome to SoHo: Artist Persecution Capital of the World (5/29/97)
Read about Robert Lederman, President of A.R.T.I.S.T. in Adrienne Redd's upcoming book: A Terrible Beauty: Ordinary People Who Became Extraordinary by Changing the World.
Giuliani Administration Appeals Street Artist Case to U.S. Supreme Court (Feb. 26, 1997)
Arrested For Handing Out a Leaflet about the First Amendment (3/16/97)
Artists dub Guiliani: "Enemy of Art" outside N.Y. City Hall (Mar. 7, 1997)
***Entire text of the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Argued: April 26, 1996 Decided: October 10, 1996)
Artists' Rights Demonstration, Monday 10/28/96 5 P.M. outside Council Member Freed's re-election fundraiser at PRAVDA #281 Laffayette Street - between Prince and Houston. (October 28, 1996).
A History of the Conflict Between City Council Member Kathryn Freed and New York City's Street Artists (November 27, 1996)
Opponents of Sidewalk Art Displays Not Ready to Concede Defeat (October 19, 1996).
Street Artists Win 1st Amendment Rights in Fed.Court. (October 14, 1996).
STREET ARTISTS WIN BATTLE AGAINST CITY'S ARREST POLICY (October 11, 1996).
What Does The Street Artist Decision Mean? by Robert Lederman , October 14, 1996.
Previous releases and reports from ARTIST
Art World Luminaries Join Street Artists In Federal Law (1/24/96) by A.R.T.I.S.T.
Artist First amendment Case: Under the Surface - A New Year's Message and a Resource for Journalistic Investigation by Robert Lederman (12/23/95)
Can Artists Get a License to Sell on New York City Streets? by Robert Lederman
Contact information: advocates and opponents of artists' First Amendment rights on public streets
FAQ for A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics). Answers to questions about why artists are arrested on New York City Streets.
Federal Judge Rules: Visual Art is Not Protected by the First Amendment - Press Release by A.R.T.I.S.T. (October 26, 1995)
Freed & Sweeney's Anti-Art Legal Brief
"Help, Police! There's an artist in front of my building!" by Ann Sandhorst
My 13th Arrest by Robert Lederman (5/15/96)
New York City's Christmas Present to Artists - more arrests - (December 18, 1995)
New York City Council Member Kathryn Freed orders more artist arrests. (April 30, 1996)
No First Amendment Protection For Art Says Judge by Charles Levendosky, Editorial Page Editor, Casper Star-Tribune
Opinion of Judge Miriam Cedarbaum regarding the injunction sought by A.R.T.I.S.T. (October 25, 1995)
Proposal for a New Approach to Artists Displays on the Streets of New York City by Robert Lederman
Selected Bibliography of Articles
Summary of Federal lawsuit by New York City's street artists by A.R.T.I.S.T. (1/31/96)
Trial Date for Robert Lederman Set For 9/9/96 - Trial Postponed; see Update...
Update on street artist Robert Lederman's trial (9/11/96)
What is the "SoHo Alliance" ? by A.R.I.T.I.S.T. (1/29/96)
Why Art Is Speech by Robert Lederman
Why New York City Is Arresting Artists by Robert Lederman
Click here to see an image (66k) of Robert Lederman getting arrested on West Broadway in the Soho district of New York City (July 14, 1995).
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