December 26, 2002

A Victory for Freedom of Speech
ProjectUSA wins free speech settlement in NY lawsuit

   Readers of the Project USA e-zine will remember that in October 2000, ProjectUSA erected a billboard at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City reading, "Immigration is doubling US population in our lifetimes." It pictured two children and cited the Census Bureau as its source.
   The board lasted just thirteen days. The owner of the property on which the billboard sat, the Port Authority of NY/NJ, ordered the board removed after, according to the New York Times, "an authority employee noticed it and told his superiors."   More....

Brooklyn Bridge, Fall 2000 (the NY/NJ Port Authority ordered this billboard removed after just 13 days) - More photos...


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