City regulations that restrict the number of sellers of art and books at four different parks do not appear to violate the First Amendment, a federal judge has ruled.
Southern District Judge Richard J. Sullivan denied a preliminary injunction in two cases where vendors claim that the city’s concerns about congestion represented a mere pretext by officials who wanted to discourage “expressive-matter vendors” from selling their work on sidewalks and in Battery Park, Union Square Park, elevated portions of the High Line that run over and along 10th Avenue and parts of Central Park.
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