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
Posted inDepartment of Sanitation, Queens, Vendors
Crackdown Continues at Corona Plaza, Where Vendors Had Thrived
Even licensed vendors were feeling the heat this week, while ousted ones replaced carts with clipboards as they petitioned to return.
Posted inVendors
Obscure Law Enables Herald Square’s Private Security to Issue Street Vendors Tickets
The private security officers are deputized as ‘peace officers’ and are allowed to issue city fines.
Posted inBrooklyn
Sunset Park Vendors Seek Market’s Resurrection After Easter Sunday Shutdown
‘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.
Posted inHow to New York
How to Become a New York City Tour Guide
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.
Posted inVendors
Battery-Powered Food Carts Go for Test Drive on City Streets
The Street Vendor Project hopes rechargeable electric power supplies can improve air quality and reduce fossil fuel use.
Posted inVendors
Street Vendor Oversight Shift to Department of Sanitation Gets Trash Talk From Council
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.
Posted inFlushing, Immigrants, Queens, Vendors
‘Shocked’ Flushing Vendors Protest Council Member Who Called for Crackdown
Street sellers say Sandra Ung has ignored them while taking a “stand next to only business owners.”
Posted inQueens
Street Vendors Out of Control, Says Flushing Council Member
Sandra Ung calls for a crackdown, as business owners complain enforcement has lapsed since the NYPD got sidelined. But immigrant sellers say they have few other options for survival.
Posted inSmall Business
Boiling Over With New Vendors, Corona Plaza Gets Organized
The less than a decade-old public square in Queens has seen a surge in activity as the pandemic forced immigrant families out of steady jobs and into street sales.