At a hearing Wednesday, council members discussed how to legitimize vendors as small businesses.

Hundreds of street vendors donned bright yellow beanies and broke out into chants of “vendor power” at a rally in support of legislation that would streamline the application process in New York City, and help provide aid to local street vendors.

Members of the New York City Council will introduce a set of four bills Wednesday afternoon to overhaul the city’s longstanding street vending rules and bring more off-the-books merchants into good standing under the law

The rally calls for an end to what vendors call outdated and arbitrary laws that leave them paying thousands for underground, resold permits or left to fight fines that cost $1,000 per offense, organizers said.

THE CITY ANNOUNCED A PLAN ON TUESDAY THAT WOULD SEE VENDORS AT CORONA PLAZA RETURN AS PART OF A NEW FORMAL MARKET. EAGLE PHOTO BY RYAN SCHWACH

The city has announced a new deal to get community street vendors back into business in the heart of Corona, Queens.

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.

Street vending is booming in neighborhoods across the city — from Jackson Heights to Bushwick to Kingsbridge — according to elected officials, advocates and vendors themselves.

Organizers of Wednesday's rally for the Corona Plaza street vendors called out the city for its dismantling of the celebrated street-food complex.

The Queens community came together Wednesday to publicly condemn the recent crackdown of unlicensed street vendors, many who are immigrant women

“We will not let the big fish eat the small fish,” one vendor said

Street vendors who have worked in the Hudson Yards area since before it was developed say that they are being pushed out.

Despite the hardships and struggles, vendors emote a sincere love for what they do and enjoy the freedom and empowerment of running their own businesses and sharing in a piece of the pie that is the American entrepreneurship.

For Queens restaurant owner Evelia Coyotzi, making tamales is a complicated process that can take hours. Cooking them, though, has changed her life.

"The violence some of these vendors are encountering — some haven't survived these hate crimes. We have to make sure we protect them, that we invest in them, because they have the rest of us in mind."

Business owners who operate food trucks, carts and merchandise stalls are ready to serve people on the go. There’s always something to discover.

Corona Plaza, a rare hub created by neighborhood food vendors, teems with the aromas and colors of many cuisines. But its future is uncertain.

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

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.

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