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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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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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May 2022

Comunidades de habla hispana Economy Government Justice Transportation

En el primer trimestre de 2022 las multas a vendedores ambulantes de Nueva York continúan en los niveles anteriores a la pandemia

Las agencias de la ciudad, incluida la policía de Nueva York, emitieron 570 multas a vendedores ambulantes durante los tres primeros meses de 2022, superando el número de multas durante…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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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

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Sep 2021

Economy In Depth Investigations

NYC Enforcement Against Street Vendors Picks Up Again After Pandemic Lull

Since June, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), which took over inspecting duties from the police this year, has conducted 1,508 street vending inspections and issued 424…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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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

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