Vendors

Vending Enforcement Slams Poor Minorities in White Neighborhoods, New Report Finds

April 25, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 25, 2025, 11:20 a.m.

The ticketing is “costly and ineffective,” according to the researchers, with $21 spent for every ticket issued on average.

A midtown storage garage was full of food carts during a weekday afternoon as immigrant workers were scared to take them out.

Trump istration

Migrant Vendors Park Carts as Their American Dreams Slip Away

Jan. 30, 2025, 5:05 a.m.Jan. 30, 2025, 4:18 p.m.

Enforcement was already on the rise before Trump’s inauguration. Now street sellers are avoiding any risk of getting a criminal ticket that could make them ICE targets.

Vendors

The Health Department Promised 1,000 Fresh Produce Permits Nearly Two Decades Ago. Just 149 Vendors Had Them This Year.

Oct. 18, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 18, 2024, 8:08 a.m.

Nearly 1,500 sellers on a waitlist are standing by for a chance to apply, though only a handful who’d been called off the queue previously have done so. The number of licenses in use and the number of people offered a chance to apply for one both shot up after THE CITY requested that information.

Vendors sold shoes outside the Kingsbridge Armory.

The Bronx

City Cracks Down on Vendors in Shadow of Kingsbridge Armory

Oct. 11, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 10, 2024, 11:05 p.m.

The sellers say they have been afraid to return or leave early to avoid fines and confiscation of their goods.

Bronx Artist Suki Watashi showcased her piece "Tears for the Burning Bronx" at the opening of the Soundview Economic Hub.

The Bronx

Community Groups Celebrate New Economic Hub in the South Bronx

Oct. 10, 2024, 5:05 a.m.Oct. 10, 2024, 1:53 p.m.

Vendors and artists have a new space to sell their goods and display their work — under a highway.

Vendors

New Yorkers Can Vote to Change Street Vendor Enforcement — But Proposed Ballot Question Does Not Mention Key Word

Aug. 6, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 8, 2024, 5:26 p.m.

Advocates say the “manipulative” measure is indicative of a “rushed” and “undemocratic” City Charter revision process pushed by City Hall, in which only a handful of people testified in favor of the idea.

Food vendor Trisha Forbes slices watermelons in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

Summer & THE CITY

Hawking Melons in Bed-Stuy With the Summertime Salesman ‘Everybody Knows’

July 3, 2024, 12:59 p.m.July 9, 2024, 11:41 a.m.

Watermelon vendor James Jackson sells as many as 200 of them a week from his corner at Throop Avenue and Macon Street. He’s been at it for decades.

Work

Vending Tickets in Parks Climb Steadily as New Arrivals Face Ramped Up Enforcement

June 17, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 16, 2024, 9:04 p.m.

Battery Park — the site of a physical confrontation between a Parks officer and a teenager that recently went viral — has seen more tickets for unpermitted selling than any other city park last year.

Street vendors rally in Bowling Green for the city to create more licenses.

NYPD

Street Vendors Push Back as NYPD Raids Ramp Up

April 18, 2024, 6:10 p.m.April 19, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

Crackdowns on Roosevelt Avenue continued on Wednesday, vendors and advocates said.

Vendors

The Bronx Is the New Hot Spot for Street Vendor Tickets

April 12, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 12, 2024, 3:30 p.m.

Summonses spiked there even as the numbers dipped in other boroughs since the sanitation department took over enforcement a year ago, according to a new data analysis from THE CITY.

Vendors

Vending Enforcement Slams Poor Minorities in White Neighborhoods, New Report Finds

Migrant Vendors Park Carts as Their American Dreams Slip Away

The Health Department Promised 1,000 Fresh Produce Permits Nearly Two Decades Ago. Just 149 Vendors Had Them This Year.

City Cracks Down on Vendors in Shadow of Kingsbridge Armory

Community Groups Celebrate New Economic Hub in the South Bronx

New Yorkers Can Vote to Change Street Vendor Enforcement — But Proposed Ballot Question Does Not Mention Key Word

Hawking Melons in Bed-Stuy With the Summertime Salesman ‘Everybody Knows’

Vending Tickets in Parks Climb Steadily as New Arrivals Face Ramped Up Enforcement

Street Vendors Push Back as NYPD Raids Ramp Up

The Bronx Is the New Hot Spot for Street Vendor Tickets

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