Vendors

Jackson Heights vendor Abdul Jabber sells prayer rugs on 37th Avenue during Ramadan.

NYPD Ousts Vendors Selling Islamic Goods Just Before Ramadan

March 15, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 15, 2024, 11:40 a.m.

The police department, which is supposed to play a secondary role in vendor enforcement, wouldn’t say what triggered the raid just before the busiest selling season of the year.

An NYPD vehicle was visible through a food cart in Times Square.

Vendors

NYPD Dragging Many More Vendors to Criminal Court, Data Shows

Feb. 5, 2024, 5:01 a.m.Jan. 27, 2025, 2:57 p.m.

The harsher approach comes despite a shift to civilian enforcement in 2021, and as the City Council considers a bill that would remove criminal penalties altogether.

Vendors

Neighborhood Cop Plotted to Disrupt Corona Vendor Rally, Misconduct Complaint Alleges

Aug. 17, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 31, 2023, 2:12 p.m.

An NYPD neighborhood coordination officer is accused of taking sides in a local conflict rather than serving as a liaison between the police and the community.

Vendors

Crackdown Continues at Corona Plaza, Where Vendors Had Thrived

Aug. 10, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Aug. 9, 2023, 10:48 p.m.

Even licensed vendors were feeling the heat this week, while ousted ones replaced carts with clipboards as they petitioned to return.

Vendors

Obscure Law Enables Herald Square’s Private Security to Issue Street Vendors Tickets

June 14, 2023, 10:00 p.m.June 16, 2023, 11:27 a.m.

The private security officers are deputized as ‘peace officers’ and are allowed to issue city fines.

Brooklyn

Sunset Park Vendors Seek Market’s Resurrection After Easter Sunday Shutdown

May 5, 2023, 6:00 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.

‘We just want a dignified place to sell,’ one vendor at the unpermitted Brooklyn pop-up market implored at a community meeting that drew more than 100 attendees.

How to New York

How to Become a New York City Tour Guide

May 5, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 1:14 p.m.

You need a license to lead paid tours in New York City. Get ready to take a 150-question exam before you take a group of tourists out on the town.

Vendors

Battery-Powered Food Carts Go for Test Drive on City Streets

March 29, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 29, 2023, 12:56 p.m.

The Street Vendor Project hopes rechargeable electric power supplies can improve air quality and reduce fossil fuel use.

Vendors

Street Vendor Oversight Shift to Department of Sanitation Gets Trash Talk From Council

March 28, 2023, 5:03 a.m.March 27, 2023, 9:18 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams pulls out of a de Blasio-era overhaul that sought to give immigrant street sellers a fighting chance to make a legit living without police involvement.

Vendors

‘Shocked’ Flushing Vendors Protest Council Member Who Called for Crackdown

March 16, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 15, 2023, 9:41 p.m.

Street sellers say Sandra Ung has ignored them while taking a “stand next to only business owners.”

Vendors

NYPD Ousts Vendors Selling Islamic Goods Just Before Ramadan

NYPD Dragging Many More Vendors to Criminal Court, Data Shows

Neighborhood Cop Plotted to Disrupt Corona Vendor Rally, Misconduct Complaint Alleges

Crackdown Continues at Corona Plaza, Where Vendors Had Thrived

Obscure Law Enables Herald Square’s Private Security to Issue Street Vendors Tickets

Sunset Park Vendors Seek Market’s Resurrection After Easter Sunday Shutdown

How to Become a New York City Tour Guide

Battery-Powered Food Carts Go for Test Drive on City Streets

Street Vendor Oversight Shift to Department of Sanitation Gets Trash Talk From Council

‘Shocked’ Flushing Vendors Protest Council Member Who Called for Crackdown

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