PURPOSE
We are passionate about music, live events, and our city's dance floors.

NYC's venues and festivals bring people together and serve as platforms for artists and creatives to develop and share their work and spark important conversations. 

But operating a venue or producing an event in NYC is no easy task.  Complex regulations and arcane administrative procedures create high barriers to entry and make business operations more difficult than they need to be. 

We want to help change that. 

After our city reopens, operating venues and producing live events should be easier -- not the same or harder -- than it was before COVID-19. 

OUR ACTION STEPS
(1) Identify key issues faced by those in the nightlife and live events industry;
(2) analyze existing laws and regulations; and
(3) propose realistic public policy solutions to decisionmakers in government. 

Click here to view our proposed bill package ("Support Live Music"): 
http://bit.ly/SupportLiveMusicBill-Final

Click here to view our law and policy paper ("Music is the Answer"):  http://bit.ly/MusicIsTheAnswerPaper-Final

About Us

Taylor Collins is a May 2021 graduate of Brooklyn Law School.  Prior to law school, Taylor worked on music festivals and one-off events for ID&T North America (Mysteryland USA and TomorrowWorld) and Made Event (Electric Zoo). 

Nicholas Hernandez is a May 2021 graduate of Brooklyn Law School.  Nick has a work background in corporate law and general litigation, while his general focus in law school has been in intellectual property, entertainment, and international law.  He is focused on promoting diversity in the NYC nightlife and live events industry and supporting venues and promoters that champion independent artists.

About BLIP

The Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy (BLIP) Clinic functions as a modern, technology-oriented law firm. BLIP provides legal services to clients who require routine and/or creative and novel legal representation, and for whom expensive legal services would act as a barrier to entry.  To date, BLIP has helped hundreds of clients with incorporation, intellectual property protection, contract negotiation and drafting, and web documentation, and has also provided litigation support, regulatory and policy advocacy, and general legal advice.  Students advocate on behalf of causes and businesses, whose interests and concepts have not been represented in the legislative, regulatory and judicial arenas.

Please visit the BLIP website for more information.