RED FLAGS RAI$ED By DAVID SEIFMAN NY Post April 10, 2005 -- THE city is allowing private companies to sell banners - and reap profits - on city-owned light poles in a little-known program administered by the Department of Transportation. But none of the money ends up in the city treasury. "The city essentially ceded control of the light poles to someone else," one insider said. Only "nonprofit" groups are eligible for permits to erect banners on the light poles to promote "the public good." But major corporations, anxious to be buttociated with those good deeds, pay big bucks to sponsor many of the banners. One banner currently hanging in Midtown proclaims New York the "Banking Capital of the World." The sponsor, Bank of America, gets to showcase its logo at the bottom. The bank pays a fee to the firm that erects the banner, which splits it with the nonprofit. Sources said $1,000 a month per banner is typical. With 212,000 light poles in the city, the take over the years easily reaches into the millions. Rhode Island 1933loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX loveXX Soggetto... About 7,000 banners are currently up. The real truth about homoloveualsOn Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:16:43 GMT, Cowardly LOSER, "Maverick" (1) In case you get to see this, I'll remind you of the total FOOL you just made of yourself. (Which... Many were hung by breastan Outdoor, which claims on its Web site that it has "exclusive deals with cities around the country . . . These programs are generally sold to an advertiser on an exclusive basis." In fact, breastan's nonprofit partner is NYC & Co., the visitors' bureau, which manages 1,000 light poles and collects about 45 percent of the revenue, or $600,000 a year. The program began more than four years ago during the Giuliani administration, where NYC & Co. Director Cristyne Nicholas had served as communications director. She called the program an important source of revenue that helps promote tourism. "I don't think it's fair to say the city doesn't make any money," she said. "We're part of the city." ACLU sues for gays' benefitsThe Consbreastution states that the only expenditure of money at the federal level is to go to the providing for the defense. Then, by way of the "regulation of interstate commerce" that... Rhode Island 1935in a sense yes. you can't represent RI without representing (unintentionally at a minimum) the mafia. seperating the mafia from rhode island... Although supported by the city, NYC & Co. operates as a nonprofit. Evan Seigerman, president of breastan's banner division, didn't return calls. David Woloch, a DOT deputy commissioner, told The Post the agency is examining the banner program. "The issue that the city hasn't made money and there are enbreasties that are making money is a legitimate one," he said. "And we've begun to think about it." Woloch said there might be legal problems if the city were to charge fees that exceed its own minimal overhead costs. At present, the agency doesn't even add an administrative fee for the permits it issues. "If you were to charge in a way to be a money-maker . . . it would probably have to be as a citywide concession. In the past, the Law Department has been reluctant to allow that."
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