Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Village Voice: I Turn My Camera On
New rules, but still no truce between filmmakers and the mayor’s office

Monday, October 29, 2007
Hollywood Reporter: N.Y. unveils new film permit proposal

Variety: Mayor’s Office releases permit pact,
Redraft of NY proposal hopes to cool tensions

Sunday, October 28, 2007
NYTimes: Mayor to Ease Permit Rules for Capturing City’s Image

Monday, August 7, 2007
NYT City Room blog: NYC Filmmakers Raise Their Voice

Sunday, August 6, 2007
The Hollywood Reporter: N.Y. develops new film regs

The DV Show: podcast with Picture New York and Eve McKnight of the MOFTB

Saturday, August 4, 2007
New York Times: After Protests, City Agrees to Rewrite Proposed Rules on Photography Permits

Variety: Mayor’s Office rethinks proposed rules

Friday, August 3, 2007
NY1: City Backs Down On Proposed Photography Laws Following Protests

NYT City Room: Revised Rules Coming on Filmmaking and Photography, After Uproar

Popular Photography: Proposed NYC Photography Restrictions Draw Fire
quickly followed by
NYC Mayor’s Office to Redraft Photography Restrictions

The Associated Press: NYC to revise filming permit rules that angered photographers

Thursday, August 2, 2007
Democracy Now: Independent Artists Lead Fight Against Proposed NYC Regs

Amateur Photographer (UK): New York photo liberty threat

The Villager: Critical Mass rally focuses on proposed filming rules

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The Associated Press: NYC may require permits for many types of filming, photography
seen in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NY Newsday, The Philadelphia Daily News, The Guardian Unlimited (UK), The International Herald Tribune, ABC News, and at least 100 other news outlets

WCBS Newsradio 880: Proposed New Rules Would Impact Amateur Filmmakers in NYC

Tuesday, July 31, 2007
MSNBC Countdown with Keith Olbermann names Julianne Cho and the MOFTB “Worst persons”

amNewYork: Artists fight proposed filming restrictions

AlterNet: Bloomberg Wants to Make You Pay to Photograph New York
This post, written by Lindsay Beyerstein, originally appeared on Majikthise

Monday, July 30, 2007
New York Times: A Shout Out to the M.O.F.T.B.

indiewire: With Deadine Looming, Proposed NYC Film Permit Rules Rile Indies

NY1 News: Local Filmmakers Speak Out Against New City Filming Rules

Saturday, July 28, 2007
New York Times: Picturing Protest, Artists Organize to Fight Camera Permit Proposal

The Gothamist: Protest Against City’s Proposed Photography Rules

Friday, July 27, 2007
WNBC-TV Ch.4: Shuttering Shutterbugs?

NY Metro: Groups Protest Film Rules

WBAI Evening News: segment is three minutes into the broadcast

The Gothamist: Fighting for the Right to Photograph

Treehugger: Michael Stipe and Others Respond to NYC Mayor’s Plans to Limit Cameras

NY Press: Fight for Your Right to Bear Camera

Now Public: Picture This - Photography Restrictions in NYC?!

L Magazine: Still Caring About Things That Are Happening

July 26, 2007
Village Voice: Rally Friday for First Amendment Rights

Artnet: New York Artists Protest Anti-Filming Rule

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Endangered Freedom of Expression

July 23, 2007
Urban Hawks: Save Our Nature Photographers

July 13, 2007
Anthony Kaufman’s IndieWire Don’t Let NYC Destroy Local DIY Filmmaking

July 3, 2007
NY Daily News, Editorial: Lights, Camera, Inaction

July 2, 2007
NY Sun, Editorial: Say Cheese

June 30, 2007
Slashdot: Permit May Be Required For Public Photography in NYC

June 29, 2007
NY Times: City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography

Gothamist: City Proposes Limits on Public Photography, Filming

Consumerist: NYC May Require You To Obtain Permit To Shoot Vacation Movies?

Adorama Photography News: NYC to Street Photographers: Drop Dead

June 27, 2007
NY 1 News: City Weighs New Rule Requiring Permit To Take Pictures Of City Property

Summer, 2006
2006: Mayor Michael Bloomberg Announces Increase in NY Television and Film Productions. This is an article from 2006, when Bloomberg announced that the city would create a new office to ”aggressively pitch New York City around the world as the nation’s art and cultural capital” by helping cultural creatives deal with financial obstacles to making art in this city. Ironic to read considering the burdensome regulations recently proposed.

January 7, 2005
New York Times: Want Shots Like These? Get a Permit; Ban on Subway Photography Would Defy a Tradition

June 7, 2004
New York Times: Subway Photography Ban Spurs Underground Protest