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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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Apr 2023

Government Transportation

South Bronx Street Vendors Topped City’s Inspection List in Final Months of DCWP Enforcement

In the first quarter of this year, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued 414 tickets to street vendors. The agency is no longer leading vendor enforcement…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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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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Aug 2022

Economy Government Transportation

Street Vending Tickets Went Up During First Year of New Enforcement Policy

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) took over as the main city agency handling street vendor enforcement last June. But the NYPD remains active in enforcement, too. Together,…

ByDaniel Parra 12Comments

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Feb 2021

Economy Opinion

Opinion: Protect NYC’s Small Businesses By Supporting Street Vendors and Brick-and-Mortars Together

‘Street vendors and brick-and-mortars are struggling for many of the same reasons… Lifting the cap on permits for street vendors and ending the exploitative underground market is a key part…

ByCarina Kaufman-Gutierrez

ByShrima Pandey 1Comment

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Feb 2021

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: City’s Plan to Expand Street Vendor Permits Must Protect Our Brick-and-Mortars, Too

‘To be clear, we support the food vendor community and their place in our neighborhoods. The food is as delicious and diverse as the city itself. But reform on what’s…

ByWilma Alonso 1Comment

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Oct 2020

Economy

Street Merchants Demand First Vendor License Increase in Decades

Only 4,000 street vending permits and 5,000 street food licenses have been issued in the city since 1983.

ByEdwin Martínez for El Diario 4Comments

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Mar 2020

Economy

Nine Days After ‘Black Monday’, Small Businesses Await Start of Relief Programs

Based on anecdotal information that the NYC Department of Small Business Services has received, small businesses have seen a decline in sales from 40 percent to 80 percent.

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Nov 2019

Government

Latino Street Vendors Cheer Bill That Would Lift Permit Caps

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…

ByEdwin Martínez for El Diario 0Comments

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