CITY RELEASES AMENDED REGULATIONS
The rules and a press release are now available for your review on the Mayor’s Office on Film, Theatre and Broadcasting site.
What do you think? Our comments section is open!
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- posted Mon., Oct 29, 2007 at 3:23pm
- filed in About the Rules
- [7] Comments
October 29th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
saw this on http://www.onnyturf.com/articles/read.php?article_id=651
GREAT JOB, Picture New York!
October 30th, 2007 at 5:56 am
I knew common sense would eventually rule the day…with a little help.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Okay, I just skimmed the new proposal, but aren’t video makers having a problem with the sidewalk restrictions? Have you measured the sidewalk in your neighborhood? Just where am I allowed to shoot a video? xo QJ
October 30th, 2007 at 9:24 am
I’ve got a problem with the new proposal’s regulation 9-01(2).
So, say I’m on Sixth Street in the East Village, and I’m videotaping an interview for YouTube with a waiter from one of the Indian restaurants there. The sidewalk’s skinny, but I want to get a shot of him in front of his restaurant. There’s a tripod, me, and my interviewee, so we’re taking more space than half the sidewalk, but pedestrians can get around us, no problem. Why do I need a permit for this?
Here’s the actual regulation:
9-01(2) The following activities do not require that a permit be obtained pursuant to this chapter:
(i) Filming or photography occurring on City property, as described in subdivision (a) of this section, involving the use of hand-held devices as defined in paragraph trhee of subdidivsion (a) of 9-02, provided that such activity neither involves the obstruction of one or more lanes of a street or walkway of a bridge, nor results in less thatn eight feet or one half of the width of a sidewalk or other public pedestrian passageway, whichever is greater, for unobstructed sidewalk use by pedestrian traffic.
Your comment? Let’s discuss!
Juliana Luecking
http://www.YouTube.com/QueenJuliana
October 31st, 2007 at 11:23 am
http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2007/10/nyc-film-office-issues-new-proposed.php#comments
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:18 am
This is Rakesh Sharma’s complaint to the Civilian Complaint Review Board:
http://www.rakeshfilm.com/NYPD/index.htm
In 2005, he was taking candid shots with a tourist-grade Sony palmcorder outside of the metlife building when police detained and interrogated him for 3 hours. He was not arrested, but not allowed to leave. His passport confiscated physically and verbally assaulted by a plainclothes detective.
He sued the city and won. Everyone who uses hand-held camera, might want to read this.
December 21st, 2007 at 11:56 am
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