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Agency Testimony

Gorman details commercial events and sponsorship concession types

New York City Council · Jul 21, 2026 · starts 0:17:18 · 1 min 3 sec

Gorman explains commercial events coordinated with SAPO, where entities like Nike or Netflix host single-day marketing events with fee schedules. He also describes limited sponsorship opportunities, clarifying these are not advertising but small branding callouts with specific parameters for logos and branding in the public realm.

Kyle Gorman

So getting into the specific types of concessions, the first is commercial events.

Kyle Gorman

These are done in collaboration with the Street Activity Permit Office, SAPO, who collects a fee.

Kyle Gorman

The city has a fee schedule for the different types of events.

Kyle Gorman

It can happen in these spaces when these commercial entities want to host these different types of sort of marketing opportunities for themselves.

Kyle Gorman

And our plaza partners also get to collect a fee based on a similar type of schedule that DOT develops in coordination with the bid.

Kyle Gorman

These are, you know, sometimes Nike or Netflix or what have you are able to host these usually single day events to promote some sort of a new initiative or marketing opportunity for that particular business.

Kyle Gorman

Next slide, please.

Kyle Gorman

We also allow for a limited amount of sponsorship.

Kyle Gorman

It is in no ways to be considered advertising.

Kyle Gorman

It's more of just a way to give a sort of small call out to a business or some type of organization that's able to sponsor some element.

Kyle Gorman

We have very specific parameters and requirements for what this looks like in the public realm.

Kyle Gorman

And usually it is relegated to logos and branding.