Letters 2022-2025 to SLA Chairs Bradley and Chan
Document Category: Letters
Letter to SLA Chair re Removal of Method of Operation Information from License Database
Letter Dec. 7 2024 to SLA Chair as to why the SLA stopped providing Method of Operation information in its public on-line databases.
May 2023 Coalition Position Paper
Gathered here a citations, references to basic documents, and explanations found in the letter summarizing the need for reform of SLA and Community Board processes concerning dancing and music.
Musician and Dancer Statements in Support of Repeal of Cabaret Law and Litigation
Musicians and dancers in 2015 and 2017 affiliated with the Coalition submitted statements supporting repeal of the Cabaret Law and litigation challenging the law.
M.A.R.C.H. Sugarman Comments to City Council February 18, 2019
Alan Sugarman provided post hearing Comment to the New York City Council in connection with a proposed bill to regulate M.A.R.C.H., after Sugarman testimony to City Council Committee. Sugarman questioned whether M.A.R.C.H. should even exits and detailed a number of improvements to strengthen the bill, which was enacted as Local Law 220 of 2019.
Letters to City Planning 2019 Request Review of Dancing and Music Regulations
Fifteen months after repeal of the Cabaret Law, there was little evidence of reform of the Zoning Resolution and representative of the Department of City Planning at hearings held by the new Nightlife Office indicated no interest in studying the issue. Three letters were then sent to the Department.