Citizens, Lawmakers, Arts Groups Oppose Time Warner Cable Dropping Ovation TV from Citizens for Access to the Arts on Vimeo.
Citizens for Access to the Arts was joined by NYC Arts Organizations and NYC elected officials yesterday at City Hall to express their opposition to Time Warner Cable, Inc's decision to drop Ovation. Numerous individuals from arts organizations joined in chants including "Save Ovation," "Time Warner Cable - do the right thing!" "Don't be a scrooge Time Warner Cable," "Save the arts!" Click below to watch footage from yesterday's press conference.
New York State Senator Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn), Council Member Robert Jackson (D-Manhattan), Council Member Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan), and Council Member Leticia James (D-Brooklyn) joined Ira Goldberg , Executive Director of the Arts Students League of NY and Morgan Jacobs of RxArt in speaking against Time Warner Cable, Inc's decision to drop the only arts cable network.Council Member Leticia James started the chant, "Save Ovation" along with giving a tremendously powerful speech in opposition of Time Warner Cable, Inc. "Children need to express themselves. And as someone who loved the arts as a child, and someone who found her inner voice as a result of the arts, it's really critically important that we have Ovation." ?Videos