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Consents & Variances

March 2010, Consents & Variances Committee

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

WHEREAS, Community Board Five has received the following application:

• Congress of Racial Equality, on Broadway, between 47^th and 57^th Street, on Sunday, August 1

WHEREAS, Over the years, SAPO has relocated street fairs so that the events take place within the board where the sponsoring entity is located, and

WHEREAS, The sponsor for the above-mentioned application is not located within Community Board Five, nor do they have jurisdiction over the district, and

WHEREAS, CORE already conducts a street fair in CB#2, where its headquarters is located, therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends denial of the above-mentioned application for Congress of Racial Equality for street event on Sunday, August 1^st.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 28 in favor; 9 opposed; 1 abstaining.