El Diario/Mariela Lombard
A street food vendor in Corona, Queens.
State Senator Jessica Ramos is promoting a bill that seeks to solve the problem by lifting the limits on the number of street vending permits currently in place for sidewalk commercial activities — an effort supported by vendors.
‘I was clear that I would be voting for the Public Advocate and the Queens District Attorney, but I did not know that there would be all these strange questions and other things about the courts, so what I did was choose all the Democrats I saw who were women,’ one voter told El Diario.
“This city needs to acknowledge that we Latinos don’t just put hot sauce on their tostadas but we also bring our music, hard work, pay taxes.” Latino New Yorkers spoke to El Diario about the biggest contributions the community makes to the city.