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	July 17, 2008 - Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber, Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development Dennis M. Walcott, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting Commissioner Katherine Oliver today announced the launch a series of new initiatives created with the Mayor’s Task Force on Diversity in Film, Television and Commercial Production. read more


	July 17, 2008 - The Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, working with the Department of Small Business Services, yesterday released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the program design and administration services of a pilot production and training program. read more


	July 14, 2008 - Commissioner Katherine Oliver of the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) today announced the adoption of rules governing the issuance of permits in connection with filming activity in New York City. The rules, which were published today in the City Record and will go into effect thirty days after publication on August 13, will require a permit if filmmakers use vehicles or equipment, or, in certain situations, assert exclusive use of City property. Permits will not be required for casual photographers, tourists, credentialed members of the media, or other members of the public who do not use vehicles or equipment or assert exclusive use of City property. The adopted rules outline the practices of the MOFTB, codifying the procedures that have existed since the office was established in 1966. read more


	July 14, 2008 - The Living Room for Artists Inc / Summer Play Festival (SPF) and The Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting (MOFTB) will present its second panel of 2008 – a look at playwrights who have written for both the stage and screen - on Thursday, July 24. Titled “Stage & Screen: A Playwrights’ Discussion About Writing for Film and Television”, the panel is designed to look at the challenges and dynamics that playwrights face when writing for film and television. The panel will be moderated by Katherine Oliver, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. Panelists include Adam Rapp (TV: The L Word; Film: Blackbird; Theatre: Red, Light Winter; Essential Self-Defense), Beau Willimon (Film: Farragut North; Theatre: Lower Ninth; Farragut North), Keith Bunin (Film: A Home at the End of the World; Theatre: The Busy World is Hushed; 10 Million Miles). read more


	July 2, 2008 - Congratulations are in order for "Made in NY" PA Nelson Quinones. read more


	July 2, 2008 - Antoine Fuqua, director of Training Day and Shooter, distributed HD cameras to four young people from the Van Dyke housing projects in Brooklyn on the set of his current production Brooklyn’s Finest. read more


	July 2, 2008 - In the first of a two part series, the MOFTB has reached out to a variety of location managers to hear what they have to say in their own words about their profession and working in New York City. read more


	July 2, 2008 - The summer months offer many choices for local theatre-goers. read more


	July 2, 2008 - Brooklynites now have easy access to the theatre when the Theatre Development Fund opens the newest TKTS Discount Ticket Booth in the MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. read more


	July 2, 2008 - Props and sets that would normally be headed to a dumpster when a production ends now have a new lease on life. read more


	June 23, 2008 - New York City-based talk shows were honored at the 35th Daytime Emmys as “Rachael Ray” won the Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show and “The Tyra Banks Show” won for Outstanding Informative Talk Show. read more


	June 16, 2008 - In the Heights and August: Osage County took home top honors at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards, which handed out prizes at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 15. read more


	June 2, 2008 - Building on the success of the anti-piracy campaign the City of New York and the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) initiated last year, MPAA Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman announced today that the campaign is continuing to New York’s subways. read more


	May 12, 2008 - The MOFTB is proud to feature the complete video of our recent “Women in Entertainment Production” Career Panel, now available online. Moderated by MOFTB Associate Commissioner Julianne Cho, the panel took place at Hunter College on March 29 and featured engaging and spirited dialogue from an eclectic group of women who work in film and television production in New York City. read more


	April 23, 2008 - Governor David A. Paterson today announced that he will sign legislation this afternoon, which will dramatically expand the Empire State film production tax credit program and help attract even more movie and television industry business to New York. read more


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	The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (or: This initiative) is supported (or: supported in part) by the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor's Fund is a not-for-profit organization established to strengthen public programs with support from individuals, corporations, and foundations. As a 501(c)(3) public charity, donations to the Mayor's Fund are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. To learn more about the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City or to make a contribution, click here. If you would like to play a key role in promoting the entertainment production industry specifically in our City, please make your check payable to the following, and specify on the check that the monies be allocated to the NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting.The mission of the Mayor's Office of Film Theatre and Broadcasting is to facilitate local production work for the 100,000 plus New Yorkers who make their living in the film, television and theatre production industry and to promote the City as the ideal location for these projects. click here for more information


	On Tuesday, May 1st, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled a public awareness campaign featuring a series of print and broadcast advertisements designed to combat the creation, distribution, and sale of illegally recorded films in New York City. Featuring PSAs to run on TV and in movie theaters and several bus shelters advertisements, the campaign sends the message that movie piracy harms our economy, kills jobs and impacts all New Yorkers. The Mayor also signed legislation that strengthens the penalty for illegally videotaping a film from a violation to a misdemeanor with increased jail time. Click here to view the PSAs! If you see someone selling pirated DVDs, call 311 to report them to the NYPD and make a difference in fighting video piracy. click here for more information