The play is apparently not the thing to catch the conscience of the New York City Department of Transportation, which has billed the Drilling Company for the parking spaces the theater troupe uses for its free Shakespeare in the Parking Lot performances, and has required the company to purchase automobile liability insurance. But the troupe’s travails have caught the imagination of Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and mayoral candidate, who said that she is determined to see that the issue costs the company nothing. “Our office is in touch with the commissioner of D.O.T., Janette Sadik-Khan,” said Jamie McShane, a spokesman for Ms. Quinn. “We asked them to consider reversing...
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