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Support Our Bills for a study on NYers' rights to free admission to city institutions

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Assuming the translation of ...sant... equates to truth or agree, please urge like-minded friends and family to sign the Petition so that the weight of all New Yorkers' desire to have our free access and instruction rights enforced will be heard by the bills' sponsors and the passage of the bills more appropriately ensured.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Grand. Now, please urge all family and friends to sign the Petition to give evidence of New Yorkers' interest in seeing that our free rights are enforced.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

It was and is the intention and the laws structuring a mid-1800's public-private partnership to give New Yorkers' free access and instruction to the 17 park institutions in exchange for their rent-free use of City-owned park land and buildings. Unfortunately, for more than 150 years the laws providing New Yorkers' free rights have not been codified yet City leaders provide $1 Billion annually in direct and indirect subsidies to the 17 park institutions while allowing policies requiring New Yorkers to pay a fixed amount or pay-what-you-wish admission fee. The study bills require a study of the facts of New Yorkers' free rights and a report with recommendations within one year of passage.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

These 17 park institutions are subject to existing laws. For 150 years, no New York City administration has undertaken to have the provisions of these laws codified and enforced. That is the purpose of the study called for in the bills. See the LAWS section on www.nyersfreeadmission.org and please urge friends and family to sign the Petition to demonstrate New Yorkers' appreciation to the bills' sponsors as well as our intention to have our rights enforced.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Laws make the 17 park institutions free by virtue of laws and contracts. Review LAWS on www.nyersfreeadmission.org and please urge friends and family to sign the Petition to demonstrate New Yorkers' appreciation to the bills' sponsors as well as our intention to have our rights enforced.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Institutions where the government does not own the collection ... e.g., the Smithsonian ... are subject to laws and contracts pertaining to the institution's obligation to provide free access and instruction.

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Ionica Drinca
3 years ago

I sant.

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Vera Huang
3 years ago

I support the Bills on NYers' rights to free admission to city institutions.

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Sagiani Frederica
3 years ago

Yes, please! As New Yorkers, it is our dollars that help and sustain these institutions.

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Mary Cruz
3 years ago

I have a big family and we would love to have this opportunity

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Jackie Ramos
3 years ago

Make it free. I love museum.

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Yvonne Boschi
3 years ago

Free means free.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Appreciated. Please urge your friends and family to get behind the campaign by signing the Petition.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Urge all your friends and neighbors to sign the Petition to show our support for yhe study bills' sponsors so it can het enacted.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago Featured

The laws are from a 150 years and later, so the public to benefit from free admission and instruction were residents ...without segregating by age... and schools. So seniors are a cohort to benefit from the free rights according to the laws and complying contracts.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Look at the LAWS section on www.nyersfreeadmission.org.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Only as provided by laws and vontracts.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

That in 150 years no NYC afministration has undertaken to codify the laws and vontracts and publish for public awareness the facts of Nre Yorkers' free rights, in more than unfair ... it is unconscienable!

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Free admission and instruction to the 17 patk institutions derives from a mid-2800's public-private partnership that other NYC cultural institutions do not benefit from and charging fees is what allows them to exhibit their collections to the public.

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Pat Nicholson
3 years ago

Free admission is New Yorkers's right to the patk institutions by virtue of the laws structuring a mid-1800's public-private partnership. Other NYC cultural institutions do not benefit from this arrangement and they charge fees to keep the exhibition of their collections available to the public.