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Street Vending

city hall

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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

Immigration

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WE FEED AMERICA. NEW YORKERS KNOW WHO TO PAY. LATIN FOOD FEST PAYS IT FORWARD.

Aug 4, 2026

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3 min read

WE FEED AMERICA. NEW YORKERS KNOW WHO TO PAY. LATIN FOOD FEST PAYS IT FORWARD.

Eighteen languages on Manhattan before the fort had walls. Twenty three thousand vendors and 5,800 permits. One festival putting twenty percent of profit back on the corner it came from.

New York Eats Here
New York Eats Here

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