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The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and NYPD, the two main enforcement agencies for street vending rules since 2023, have together issued 9,028 tickets to vendors so far this year. The…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Labor Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab

“In the midst of a five-count federal indictment, Mayor Adams is rushing to ask New Yorkers at the ballot for more power and less oversight.”

ByDarío Maestro 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Labor Transportation

Lawmakers Seek More Changes to NYC’s Street Vending Rules

Two years after the passage of Local Law 18—intended to overhaul street vending regulations and add hundreds of additional licenses to the market each year—councilmembers are weighing another package of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Aug 2023

Economy Government Labor News

In First Months of Street Vendor Enforcement, Sanitation Seized—Then Donated—32,220 Pounds of Food

Since Sanitation took the street vending enforcement reins, the department has confiscated abandoned or non-compliant material from street vendors in 228 cases, and has donated 32,220 pounds of food and…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Mar 2023

Economy Government Transportation

Street Vendors Decry City’s Move to Put Sanitation Dept. in Charge of Enforcement

The new Vending Bureau at the Sanitation Department will have nearly 40 employees, up from 14 vendors inspectors in the current configuration. Vendors worry the shift could further penalize their…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Economy Government Investigations Justice Transportation

Data Drop: NYPD Issued Majority of Street Vending Tickets in 2022

The NYPD and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) together doled out 5,197 tickets to vendors last year, with the police department issuing significantly more tickets, despite a…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Dec 2022

Economy Government In Depth Investigations Transportation

City’s Street Vendors Saw Twice as Many Tickets This Year Compared to Pre-Pandemic, With NYPD Leading Enforcement

In 2019, when the police were the sole enforcer, the NYPD issued 1,812 tickets versus 2,499 in the first nine months of this year, with almost half (48.6 percent) doled…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Economy Government In Depth Investigations

Some NYC Vendors Are Using Excluded Workers Fund Aid to Cover City Fines

Vendors and advocates say increased city enforcement is hampering the industry’s recovery, as workers continue to see fewer sales since the pandemic began.

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Justice Politics

State Bill Would Vacate Past Convictions for Street Vending Offenses

In 2021, 45.9 percent or 350 of the tickets issued to street vendors by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) were for unlicensed vending, and this year, 12.8…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

Amid Street Vendor Crackdown, NYC Voters Approve Enforcement Expansion

Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab

Lawmakers Seek More Changes to NYC’s Street Vending Rules

In First Months of Street Vendor Enforcement, Sanitation Seized—Then Donated—32,220 Pounds of Food

Street Vendors Decry City’s Move to Put Sanitation Dept. in Charge of Enforcement

Data Drop: NYPD Issued Majority of Street Vending Tickets in 2022

City’s Street Vendors Saw Twice as Many Tickets This Year Compared to Pre-Pandemic, With NYPD Leading Enforcement

Some NYC Vendors Are Using Excluded Workers Fund Aid to Cover City Fines

State Bill Would Vacate Past Convictions for Street Vending Offenses

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