Innovative Ideas. Independent Policy.
In this testimony before the City Council, associate research director Tara Colton argues that a significant overhaul of the citys street fair system is long overdue and the city should do more to involve local entrepreneurs and artists in the fairs.
by Tara Colton
The Gowanus Lounge, May 03, 2007
City Nixes Pride Street Fair MoveThe New York Blade, by Steven Weinstein, May 11, 2007
Plan to Rein In New York’s Street Fairs Prompts Unexpected BacklashNew York TImes, by J. David Goodman, November 08, 2016
Report: Street Fairs Don’t Reflect City’s UniquenessNew York 1, August 06, 2006
Fair Too AverageBrooklyn Downtown Star, by Timothy Fleming, August 10, 2007
OCECM To Re-evaluate Street Fair RulesQueens Gazette, by Richard Gentilviso, November 16, 2016
Study Says New York Street Fairs Are All the SameThe Associated Press, by Karen Matthews, August 06, 2006
Flatbush Frolic: ‘More Than Just Socks and Sausages’Brooklyn Daily Eagle, by Evan Lerner, September 19, 2007
All’s Not Fair In Street Fairs, Group ClaimsThe New York Times, by Thomas J. Lueck, August 07, 2006
Study Claims Street Fairs Are Too GenericWNYC, by Julie Walker, August 07, 2006
Board 1 Approves 12 Street Fairs for 2007The Queens Gazette, by Richard Gentilviso, December 27, 2006
Back Rubs? Check. Chickens? Not at These Fairs.The New York Times, by Cara Buckley, October 13, 2008
Neighborhood Wants San Gennaro to Sleep with FishesGothamist, March 26, 2007
City Plans Fewer, Shorter Street FairsWNYC, by Janaya Williams, March 14, 2011
Tube Socks, Funnel Cake and Fruit Smoothies: NYC Street Fairs Are GenericGothamist, by Jen Chung, August 07, 2006
New Street Fair Rules Make Mozzarepas Harder to FundGotham Gazette, by Michael Mandelkern, May 13, 2011
On Transient Retailing in NYC: Hold the Tube Socks!Curbed, August 07, 2006
Time To Curb One-Way Street FairsThe New York Daily News, by Lenore Skenazy, August 09, 2006
This SocksWNYC, by The Brian Lehrer Show,, August 11, 2006
The Blandness of the Asphalt FairgroundThe New York Times, by Francis X. Clines, August 12, 2006
Street Fair Backlash Gaining MomentumGothamist, by John Del Signore, October 13, 2008
Better Fare for the Fair?Metro New York, by Amy Zimmer, August 07, 2006
City Residents Battle ‘Cookie Cutter’ Street Fairs,The New York Sun, by Gary Shapiro, February 01, 2007
The Jewel Box of Union SquareThe New York Times, by Caroline H. Dworin, December 19, 2008
Study Slams NYC Street FairsamNewYork, by Michael Clancy, August 07, 2006
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