Posted inThe Bronx
Community Groups Celebrate New Economic Hub in the South Bronx
Vendors and artists have a new space to sell their goods and display their work — under a highway.
Vendors
Posted inVendors
New Yorkers Can Vote to Change Street Vendor Enforcement — But Proposed Ballot Question Does Not Mention Key Word
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.
Posted inSummer & THE CITY
Hawking Melons in Bed-Stuy With the Summertime Salesman ‘Everybody Knows’
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.
Posted inEconomy, Labor, Vendors
Vending Tickets in Parks Climb Steadily as New Arrivals Face Ramped Up Enforcement
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.
Posted inNYPD
Street Vendors Push Back as NYPD Raids Ramp Up
Crackdowns on Roosevelt Avenue continued on Wednesday, vendors and advocates said.
Posted inVendors
The Bronx Is the New Hot Spot for Street Vendor Tickets
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.
Posted inVendors
NYPD Ousts Vendors Selling Islamic Goods Just Before Ramadan
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.
Posted inVendors
NYPD Dragging Many More Vendors to Criminal Court, Data Shows
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.
Posted inQueens
Vendors Return to Corona Plaza — With Tough Competition for Just Over a Dozen Stalls
A treasured Queens marketplace reopens after mass eviction, while immigrant retailers ask how they’ll survive with limited hours and few spots where they can sell.
Posted inVendors
Neighborhood Cop Plotted to Disrupt Corona Vendor Rally, Misconduct Complaint Alleges
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.