The city is adding 10,500 new merchandise vending licenses next year—which grant vendors the right to legally sell goods, rather than food—after capping the number at just 853 for decades.…
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…
Vendors and advocates say increased city enforcement is hampering the industry’s recovery, as workers continue to see fewer sales since the pandemic began.
