Elected officials and news outlets have painted street vendors as environmentally irresponsible. The Street Vendor Project decided to flip the script and help support a workforce that is among the most vulnerable to climate change

City Council Majority Leader Amanda Farías, whose district in the Bronx covers the neighborhoods of Castle Hill, Parkchester and Unionport, and Mohamed Attia, the managing director of the Street Vendor Project, joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Wednesday to discuss more.

An upcoming reform package would expand legal vending, decriminalize violations, and generate millions in new city revenue

More than 100 vendors, restaurant owners and other advocates took over the steps of City Hall on a rainy Tuesday morning, calling for a major overhaul of the city’s longstanding policies on street vending.

The New York City Council is considering legislation next week that would allow more street merchants to operate legally.

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

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Legislation before the City Council would change regulations to make it easier for vendors to operate legally.

Street vendor advocates call Prop 2’s language “misleading,” claiming it could be weaponized against New York City’s immigrant street vendors.

The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and NYPD, the two main enforcement agencies for street vending rules since 2023, have together issued 9,028 tickets to vendors so far this year. The uptick comes as voters last Tuesday approved Ballot Proposal 2, which expands Sanitation’s enforcement authority over vending.

The Street Vendor Project recently took party in a documentary that sheds light on the city's vendors and their plight to get a license. Some vendors have been waiting for more than 10 years for a permit.

A city crackdown is hitting Queens immigrants hard — and spells trouble for street food sellers

Street vendor Guadalupe Sosa of East Harlem says while her job can be stressful and difficult, she finds meaning in her role in the neighborhood and her customers.

For an industry that is also a characteristic of life in New York City, we have, until now, known surprisingly little about the vendors that provide the economic activity that ignites so many city streets. Today, Immigration Research Initiative is releasing a report that changes that.

The police have been ticketing vendors for violations over the past year, upsetting sellers who say they are just trying to earn a living.

Alvarado is among at least five vendors along Junction Boulevard in Corona whose carts have been confiscated and trashed by the NYPD in recent weeks. About 50 vendors protested the action in a rally Monday – at the site where Alvarado said her cart was taken.

A group of Queens street vendors are saying the NYPD broke the law when they confiscated and threw out their belongings in late August.

Mohamed Attia, from the Street Vendor Project, says getting a permit is nearly impossible due to long waiting lists.

More than 500 protesters marched on City Hall advocating for a bill package to strengthen protections, access and opportunity for street vendors. Organizers say it was the largest demonstration in decades over the long-standing issue.