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# Chalk Artist Ellis G Suing City For $1 Million
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/ellis-g-suing-nyc/
- Published: 2010-11-27T00:45:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:41:13.000Z
- Description: "The only way to stop the city’s blatant and illegal activity is by going for the pocketbook.” — 3x arrested Brooklyn artist Ellis Gallagher for drawing on the sidewalk with chalk [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2010/11/26/chalk_artist.php] via Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/3
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: News, #image-position-hidden, Art Crime, civil rights, human rights, Street Art, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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“The only way to stop the city’s blatant and illegal activity is by going for the pocketbook.” — 3x arrested Brooklyn artist Ellis Gallagher for drawing on the sidewalk with chalk \[[Gothamist](http://gothamist.com/2010/11/26/chalk%5Fartist.php?ref=hyperallergic.com) via [*Brooklyn Paper*](http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/48/dtg%5Fchalkartist%5F2010%5F12%5F03%5Fbk.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]