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Extension of Street Fair Moratorium for Calendar Year 2025

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Rule status: Proposed

Agency: CECM-SAPO

Comment by date: November 20, 2024

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CECM-SAPO-Proposed-Extension-of-Street-Fair-Moratorium.pdf

The Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO) of the Office of Citywide Event Coordination and Management (CECM) is proposing amendments to extend the existing moratorium on street fair applications to Calendar Year 2025.

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November 20, 2024
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Online comments: 10

  • Sandra Reid

    N/A

    Comment added October 21, 2024 5:19pm
  • Jessica Ochoa Hendrix

    I love block parties and street fairs, which I think are emblematic of New York City. Balancing resources is tough, but moratoriums on permitted street fairs and block parties are not the best solution. Perhaps additional funds could be raised by prioritizing ticketing double parked cars?

    Comment added October 21, 2024 6:32pm
  • Tom Harris

    My name is Tom Harris and I am the President of the Times Square Alliance, the business improvement district that exists to make Times Square clean, safe, and desirable for all. Times Square is a neighborhood unlike any other in New York City, known for its vibrant plaza space, iconic arts, culture, and theatre programming, and active pedestrian flows. While we recognize the benefits of street fairs, particularly in neighborhoods looking to attract additional visitors, more street fairs would adversely affect our already overburdened district.

    The Alliance and its stakeholders actively program our streets and plazas with art and events that highlight and complement the unique nature of our neighborhood. With pedestrian counts exceeding 300,000 people, street fairs add chaos to our already congested neighborhood. This moratorium does not eliminate all street fairs, instead capping additional street fair applications for the 2025 calendar year. Times Square is already home to a disproportionate number of street fairs, hosting 10% of all street fairs city wide, despite representing only .1% of the city’s land area. This moratorium will ensure that NYC continues to benefit from the more than 200 street fairs already permitted each year without further congesting neighborhoods like ours.

    Thank you.

    Comment added October 22, 2024 12:30pm
  • Jeremy Kopman

    Block parties are an essential part of building safe and thriving communities. There would be no excuse for banning them for any period of time. The NYPD can certainly find other activities to reduce to make the small amount of time needed to process permits and occasionally install barriers.

    Comment added October 24, 2024 11:03am
  • Renason Bunbury

    The yearly block party we have on our block is the only time all our neighbors get to interact. Although the city is considered a melting pot it does not feel that way because decisions are being made that make us more isolated. City officials should work hard to keep rules in places that supports the community getting together

    Comment added October 24, 2024 6:04pm
  • Cathleen Shannon - A Better College Point Civic Association

    Bock parties & street fairs play a vital role in building and strengthening community bonds. These events bring people together, fostering social connections, and promote community engagement. There must be a way to balance safety and community needs without cutting these vital community events.

    Comment added November 4, 2024 10:37pm
  • Eric Peterson

    Please do not extend the moratorium on street fair applications. While some areas, particularly midtown and uws are saturated, other areas are not, and would benefit from these events.

    Further, granfathering in old applicants puts less-established people and those with new ideas and energy at a disadvantage.

    Comment added November 7, 2024 3:20pm
  • Annie Ferdous

    Block Parties and Street Fairs are essential for the multicultural communities to showcase their traditional arts. There are lack of indoor spaces and hard to get for organize events.

    Comment added November 7, 2024 3:21pm
  • Sandra reid

    Block parties is every for the summer for the kids to come out have fun just wish they could extend the time from six to seven pm

    Comment added November 7, 2024 4:04pm
  • Diana Sanabria

    I have been hosting a block party on my street for the past 24 years without incident. I have never had to call NYPD to assist us. The parties run smoothly and the children and neighbors look forward to it every year. Annually we foster community and build on friendships and welcome new neighbors. We have multiple ethnicities that live on our block thus we are multi-cultural and multi-lingual and celebrate us all. To remove this low-cost event from a NYC community would demoralize us and would feel like NYC gov’t does not care.

    Comment added November 8, 2024 9:01am