Assemblywoman Millman Fights Flyer Scourge
Assemblywoman Joan Millman continues to be at the forefront of Brooklyn’s anti-unsolicited-flyer movement. On Tuesday the assemblywoman helped push a new bill through the assembly that builds upon legislation passed last summer banning the unsolicited placement of flyers and circulars on owner-occupied buildings containing up to four units, according to a press release sent out…
Assemblywoman Joan Millman continues to be at the forefront of Brooklyn’s anti-unsolicited-flyer movement. On Tuesday the assemblywoman helped push a new bill through the assembly that builds upon legislation passed last summer banning the unsolicited placement of flyers and circulars on owner-occupied buildings containing up to four units, according to a press release sent out by Millman’s office yesterday. The bill will give the city the power to enforce violations on the ban. This is a problem for many of my constituents, stated Millman, whose office offers free signs that tell solicitors to bug off with all that wasted paper.
Shoo, Flyers, Don’t Bother Me [Brownstoner]
I think the formation of a business owners association would be an effective way of dealing with this.
If you want to send out fliers fine – you have to pay dues to a local business association that in turn hires people to dispose of the litter and collect un-wanted flyers in the community they are based.
The First Amendment protects the publishing of the flyers not the dumping on private property.
Freedom of speech as a defense is a bit of a stretch. I would think that the ability to commercially advertize for products or services by trespassing on private property and dropping flyers and leaflets would not be protected on First Amendment grounds.
I hate commercial flyers as much as the next person, but this “fowl” legislation looks like a turkey. Any effort to enforce such a measure (banning flyers) will be struck down on First Amendment grounds. I remember when the Republicans were in favor of banning political flyers and posters. They were always against anything that helped insurgent Democrats get an edge in campaigning. Now the established Democrats are supporting these anti-democratic measures. The more things change, the more they remain inane.
I think we should launch a flyer campaign to protest this deplorable development!
“Last week I was walking down President to the subway on 4th Ave. and saw a man pick up the bag containing the flyers from his stoop and toss it onto his neighbors property!”
Maybe he saw his neighbor do the same thing to him earlier in the day and was getting even.
Last week I was walking down President to the subway on 4th Ave. and saw a man pick up the bag containing the flyers from his stoop and toss it onto his neighbors property! It was so obnoxious that it was funny, kind of like the What.
clearly not. and I agree, the city should forbid the big box stores from flyering, if they really want it to stop.
Why will this not extend to larger buildings? I reside in a 16-unit building and we’re inundated with this crap. Does Millman not care about consituents who don’t live in smaller buildings?