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Consents & Variances

February 2005, Consents & Variances Committee

Street Festivals

WHEREAS, Community Board Five has received the following applications:

• Gramercy Park Neighborhood Assoc., street festival on Park Avenue South, bet. 17th and 23rd Streets, on Sunday, May 14

• 14th Street – Union Square LDC, street festival on Park Avenue South, bet. 17th & 23rd Streets, on Saturday, July 16

• Innovative Community Enterprises, Inc., street festival on Madison Avenue, bet. 42nd and 57th Streets, on Monday, May 30

• The Workmen's Circle, street festival on Madison Avenue, bet 42nd and 57th Streets, on Sunday, July 17

• National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, street festival on Madison Avenue, bet. 42nd and 57th Streets, on Sunday, August 14

• Forum's Children Foundation, street festival on Avenue of the Americas, bet. 42nd and 56th Streets, on Saturday, May 21

• International Immigrants Foundation, Inc., street festival on Avenue of the Americas, bet. 34th and 56th Streets, on Sunday, June 19

• Church of St. John the Baptist, street festival on Sixth Avenue, bet. 23rd and 33rd Streets on Saturday, July 9

• USO of Metropolitan NY, street festival on Avenue of the Americas, bet. 42nd and 56th Streets, on Sunday, July 10

• Coalition of Italo-American Assoc., Inc., street festival on Seventh Avenue, bet. 47th and 59th Streets, on Sunday, May 29

• NY Young Republican Club, street festival on Seventh Avenue, bet. 47th and 59th Street, on Sunday, June 12

• St. George Assoc., Inc. (NYPD), street festival on 45th Street, bet. 6th and 7th Avenues on Sunday, July 31

• The West 47th -48th Streets Block Association, street festival on Eighth Avenue, bet. 47th and 57th Streets on Sunday, July 3

• Children's Leukemia Research Assoc., Inc. (52 Assoc for the Handicapped Inc.), street festival on 52nd Street, bet. Lexington and Seventh Avenues on Saturday, June 25

And

WHEREAS, These events are held every year without incident; and

WHEREAS, The applicants has agreed to abide by Community Board Five's Street Activity Guidelines; and

WHEREAS, Community Board Five requests that the sponsors and producers of the events screen for and do not allow vendors selling counterfeit goods; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends approval of the above referenced applications.

The above application passed with a vote of 26 in favor, 1 opposed, 1 abstention.

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