On July 1 a five-year clock started. Under laws the City Council forced through over a mayoral veto in January, the Health Department began offering 2,200 supervisory license applications a year, every year, through 2031. On Roosevelt Avenue the carts that were working in June are the same carts working now, and most of them are working the way they always have. Without paper.That is not a contradiction anyone is hiding. It is written into how the system counts.

Jul 26, 2026