UPDATE, Aug 3: via http://nycshootout.com/
Mayor's Office Agrees To Re-Think Rules. CLICK TO READ OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
August 3, 2007 - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) Commissioner Katherine Oliver today announced that MOFTB will redraft proposed Charter-mandated rules for issuing permits to film or photograph on public property. The revision of the rules will take into account feedback MOFTB has received over the past two months. Public comment, which is scheduled to end today, will be re-opened for another 30-day period after the redrafted rules are published.
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THURS Aug 2nd 1130 AM till 2 PM
BRING A CAMERA - TAKE PHOTOS
Photographers, filmmakers, local residents, and tourists face serious restrictions by the NYC Mayor's Office proposed law. The City plans to enact legislation THIS Friday. The NEW LAW will require any group of two or more people who want to use a CAMERA (still or moving) in any public location.
THE SOUL OF NYC HAS ALWAYS BEEN ILLUMINATED BY IT'S STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
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