#sbjsa

[marnihalasa]

HELP! THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY (REBNY) KILLED ME! We need more real affordable housing solutions and spaces for small businesses! Please call/email/tweet your City Councilmember today, and tell them to pass the SBJSA, Small Business Jobs Survival Act — which would give small business owners an affordable lease and the right to renew that lease! REBNY is taking over our NYC neighborhoods and we need to SAVE NYC NOW — hence my Cemetery of Small Business art piece at OCCUPY WALL STREET’s 7th Anniversary last Monday! Visit my Marni Halasa for Change on Facebook for more information on how you can help save small businesses. #realestate #rebny #rebnykilledme #marnihalasa #revolutionissexy #occupywallstreet #ows #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowners #sbjsa #lease #affordable #affordablehousing #mih #gentrification #hypergentrification #tezoning #zoning #ccluny https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAFSbwlBAp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jysjiwyg0qxr

[circles2lines]

Space between leaks into the streets . . . [Series: VACANT // 12] . . #vacantlot #sbjsa #emptylots #vanishingnewyork #displacement #gentrification #graffiti #graffitiinthesky #collageart #mixedmediacollage #dreamingincollages #collage_creatives #collagewave #collagesociety #collage_guild #surreal42 #surrealcollage #abstractcollage #abstraction #geometricart #nycart #surrealism #surrealart #outsiderart #magicspleen #suspirosgang #dreaminstreets #streetleaks https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CQfQ3n2Xh/?igshid=oaitrwf89s67

[circles2lines]

Energy Remains ⚡⚡⚡ . . . [Series: VACANT // 10] . . #manhattan #vacantlot #sbjsa #emptylots #vanishingnewyork #displacement #gentrification #graffiti #graff #graffitiinthesky #mixedmediacollage #abstractcollage #geometricart #abstraction #mindart #geometry #geometricabstraction #surreal42 #taxcollection #nycart #surrealism #surrealcollage #surrealart #outsiderart #modernart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1XyLMn4pK/?igshid=pirwxxq35nlp

[circles2lines]

Always Something New // Nordstrom Rack in the Garment District . . . [Series: VACANT // 9] . . #garmentdistrict #manhattan #vacantstorefront #sbjsa #emptystorefronts #vanishingnewyork #displacement #gentrification #storyofthestreet #mixedmediacollage #abstractcollage #dreamingincollages #geometricart #abstraction #mindart #geometry #geometricabstraction #surreal42 #nycart #surrealism #surrealcollage #surrealart #outsiderart #modernart https://www.instagram.com/p/BzRiRAMHido/?igshid=ki2mvnpvcn6m

[circles2lines]

Reflection in empty storefront window . . [Series: VACANT // 7] . . #emptystorefronts #sbjsa #vanishingnewyork #displacement #gentrification #urbanart #streetart #streetsvision #graffitiart #mixedmediacollage #surrealcollage #popsurrealism #surreal42 #surrealism #abstractart #xuxoe #abstractcollage #abstraction #digitalabstract #geometry #geometricart #lineart #geometricabstraction #facade #enter_imagination #nycart #architectureart #buildingart #manhattan #nycart #garmentdistrict https://www.instagram.com/p/ByiHLUhHLjF/?igshid=1j0q6l9brc72m

[circles2lines]

Disappearing mannequins

[Series: VACANT // 2]

[thisismrbrendanjay]

Today I spoke at City Hall about the effect that vacant storefronts have on our culture. To support @nycartc and #sbjsa 💫 “Empty storefronts are a blight on our neighborhoods and our culture. When you look at the progress of the 20th century you see that small, passionate New York City businesses always led the way. We had integrated dance floors before we had integrated school boards. And we had marriage equality at Stonewall before we had it at City Hall. 💫 “A year ago today the mayor of our city had the Empire State Building and 1 World Trade lit up orange to entice Amazon to put their *second* headquarters in our city. I say it's time to light up our available real estate and open our city to the dreams of a new generation. To build a home for the incubators and innovators who will lead our city in the 21st century. This is the city that never sleeps because so many great people choose to stay here and chase their dreams every day and every night. And we know: if we can make it here, we can make it anywhere. But the reverse is also true: if we can't make it here, we'll have to try to make it somewhere else. 💫 “I want to leave her with a quote from the great Jane Jacobs, 'Lowly, unpurposeful, and random as they may appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city’s wealth of public life may grow.'” (at City Halls) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQZ-8oATPb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g0o7794k18w8

[hyperallergic]

Last month, the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA), which would provide New York City commercial lease holders — including artists — with greater renewal negotiation rights and housing stability, received four new co-sponsors. That means the SBJSA needs only three more votes to meet the 26 needed for passage, as lobbying group TakeBackNYC emphasized on its online petition that calls for support from council members. Lobbyists, however, now face tough opposition, particularly from Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee Jimmy Van Bramer, who recently told Art F City that he is “generally supportive of the bill” but would not support it.

Why the Small Business Jobs Survival Act Is Good for Artists