Opinion ID: 1345037
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Fifth Avenue Parades

Text: Fifth Avenue is a historically preferred route for New York City parades and is considered by many the most desirable parade venue in the City. From 1955 to 1969, the number of parades along Fifth Avenue increased from ten to eighteen. As a result, in 1971, the City adopted an informal policy barring new Fifth Avenue parades. [1] In 2001, the informal policy was codified as a regulation: [p]ermits will be disapproved under § 10-110 of the administrative code [if]... [t]he application seeks to hold a parade on Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, unless the parade was held at that location prior to the promulgation of these rules. 38 R.C.N.Y. § 19-04(d)(viii). [2] The City explains that the policy was intended to address the over-saturation of such events in one of the most congested sections of the City  midtown Manhattan. Int'l Action Ctr. v. City of New York, No. 05 Civ. 2880, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93387 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 26, 2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).