Knowing the basic permitting and conduct guidelines should make your own performances smoother. Jamie Davis-Ponce is a professional musician and graduate of Northeastern University's Master of Music Industry Leadership program with a concentration in entrepreneurship. You can view more of her writing on her blog on Music, Business, and Creativity. Find me on: LinkedIn Twitter. Photo by Jordan Starr Busking, or performing on the streets, is a great way to find out if you have what it takes to draw a crowd.
Music Under New York MUNY MUNY performers are given special treatment underground in the form of high-traffic spots on subway mezzanines and commuter terminals, customized MUNY banners to display during their performances, guaranteed time slots, and invitations to perform at special events.
Use amps only in the mezzanines, not on the subway platforms. Make sure people can hear the loudspeaker announcements. Keep it under 85 dBA. Monitor your levels using a decibel-reading app positioned five feet away from the sound source. Stay 25 feet away from booths, 50 feet from offices, and never near areas under construction.
No CD or merch sales. Busking in streets and parks Despite tension between performers and police — and some very public legal battles about street performance as a First Amendment right — performing on the streets of New York is legal according to the official website of the City of New York. To reduce your likelihood of having problems with police, keep these things in mind when busking in New York City parks and streets: No performances between p.
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The move comes after the New York State Gaming Commission launched its much anticipated mobile-sports-betting operation Saturday, say legislators and gambling proponents.
The pitched casino expansion could provide thousands of needed jobs to make up for the deep employment loss during the two-year coronavirus pandemic, they say. Joe Addabbo D-Queens , the chair of the Senate gambling committee, agreed that action to license downstate casinos should start this year. Addabbo also envisions MGM and Resorts World being awarded licenses to convert into full casinos that include table games. He said both firms have a track record and political support from the surrounding communities.
But Addabbo said he also supports the awarding of a license for a third casino for a region that includes New York City, Long Island and the northern suburbs — Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties. The Queens lawmaker ruled out Manhattan because it already serves as a tourist mecca with the Broadway theater district and other entertainment venues. Thousands of hotel workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic could be rehired by city casinos, said a labor leader representing 40, hotel and casino workers.
The gaming commission sent out a request for expressions of interest and received letters from about a dozen casino operators and other entrepreneurs who said they would apply for one of the three downstate casino licenses.
The tricky issue is what impact the New York City area casinos would have on struggling upstate casinos.
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