New York Daily News

Stiffed film aides steer $517G deal

- James Fanelli

These street fighters have gotten a blockbuste­r deal.

Film production assistants who said they were underpaid for performing the unenviable task of reserving parking spots on city streets for movie and TV shoots have reached a $517,595 settlement with Amazon Studios.

The agreement ends a class-action settlement brought by 170 PAs who said they weren’t paid overtime for their work in blocking spaces so film crew trailers can park on neighborho­od streets.

“We believe the settlement is fair and reasonable,” said Sara Wyn Kane, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

The settlement agreement was submitted in Manhattan Federal Court on Monday for a judge’s approval.

Kane’s firm has won nearly a dozen settlement­s with other studios — including Sony Pictures, NBC Universal Media and Warner Bros. Television — on behalf of the parking-spot production assistants.

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