Legal Opinion
Lederman v. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 1, 2012No. 10 Civ. 4800(RJS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
memorandum and order
RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Robert Lederman and Jack Nesbitt, visual artists who sell their work on sidewalks and in public parks in New York City (the “City”), bring this suit challenging the constitutionality of recent revisions to the Rules of the City of New York (“R.C.N.Y.”) governing where “expressive matter vendors” — defined as sellers of books, art, and similar work- — -may sell their wares. See 56 R.C.N.Y. §§ 1-02, 1-05 (the “Revisions”). Specifically, the Revisions contemplate that in Battery Park, Union Square Park, the High Line, and certain…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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