Guy Brighton's Wishful Thinking: Proposed 1AM NYC Nightlife Closing Law

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Proposed 1AM NYC Nightlife Closing Law - Blog Post 2

The New York Nightlife Association (NYNA) held it’s much anticipated Town-hall Meeting on Wednesday, Feb4th, 2004. The theme of the meeting was the dreaded 1 am closing, what the proposed law will mean to New York City’s nightlife industry, and how to fight it.

Speaking at the meeting was NYNA’s President David Rabin, Executive Director Bob Zuckerman, Vice President in charge of Government Affairs David McWater, and Legal Council Bob Bookman.

Harold here describes what happens in this blog/journal (please read!)

NYNA is not looking for press right now, again so as not to encourage certain community groups who are unfriendly to nightlife. NUNA Exec Director Zuckerman outlined three phases of protest action:

Phase 1: Letter writing. Politicians pay most attention to snail mail, then faxes, and least attention to email. So it is important to get these letters in the mail ASAP.

Phase 2: Get every employee to write letters. Perhaps a postcard campaign.

Phase 3: Hearings. This is where we don’t want to be but if it comes we will need every able body. Rallies will be held where we hope to get 5,000 and more people to come. We want our people overflowing out of Council Chambers and into the hallways. This is going to be a major battle and it will cost a lot of money. Hopefully it won’t come to this.