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A TOP CITY OFFICIAL TOLD US QUESTIONING A FOOD CART PERMIT BECAME A CAREER-ENDING MOVE

Oct 29, 2026

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5 min read

A TOP CITY OFFICIAL TOLD US QUESTIONING A FOOD CART PERMIT BECAME A CAREER-ENDING MOVE

The advocates who turned every permit fight into a justice fight won the rewrite, their former co-director now runs City Hall's vendor office, and the unlicensed cart outside your door has never passed a city health inspection.

Marco Shalma
Marco Shalma

city hall

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NEW YORK CITY WRITES RULES TO PROTECT YOU. THE FINE PRINT KILLS YOUR CORNER SPOT.

Oct 15, 2026

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5 min read

NEW YORK CITY WRITES RULES TO PROTECT YOU. THE FINE PRINT KILLS YOUR CORNER SPOT.

Every consumer protection in this city is a fixed cost, and fixed costs favor whoever has a legal department. City Hall admitted it in July. Then it did it again in October.

Marco Shalma
Marco Shalma

Queens

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Seven People Spoke For New York's Food System And None Of Them Works A Cart

Sep 26, 2026

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4 min read

Seven People Spoke For New York's Food System And None Of Them Works A Cart

The city's food policy leadership spent Climate Week on a stage while the biggest vendor permit opening in a generation ran on a calendar nobody read out loud.

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