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NEW YORK-- More than 600 street vendors marched from Union Square to City Hall on Thursday demanding action from the City Council. Vendors are fighting for four pieces of legislation they say will ...
Many of the street vendors who sell food on the sidewalks of New York City are licensed, having submitted a mandatory $50 application fee and having completed an eight-hour DOHMH “food ...
Upon hearing that the City Council is preparing, once again, to fix New York’s broken system for regulating street vendors, my first thought was, Here we go again. For literally centuries ...
The street vendors offering food, clothing, electronics, jewelry and more are highly visible to passersby, but often invisible to the legal and commercial powers that be. In New York City ...
Here’s what to know about the state of vending regulation in New York City, ahead of the hearing on Tuesday. What’s required to operate legally as a street vendor in New York City? Street ...
“We're a membership-based organization that champions the rights of street vendors as our city’s smallest businesses, to earn a living and to contribute to the culture and life of New York Cit ...
NEW YORK-- Street vendors in the Bronx say the city's vending system is failing them and disrupting the community with constant enforcement crackdowns. CBS New York's Shosh Bedrosian was the only ...
where they held signs reading “justice for vendors,” “street vending creates local jobs” and “New York City runs on street vendors.” Image Blanca Alvarado’s food vending cart was ...
That process, in its simplest form, is what has kept New York City’s street vendor community thriving, and it is one of the main reason visitors come and keep coming back. Next time you’re in ...
On any given day, a reliable crush of tourists will browse vendors’ wares on the Brooklyn Bridge: New York branded ... celebrated street-food market, Corona Plaza in Queens. The city said ...