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Street Vendors

Manhattan

+3

The City Inspected The Tree In Early September. The Limb Came Down On September 11.

Sep 28, 2026

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4 min read

The City Inspected The Tree In Early September. The Limb Came Down On September 11.

A pin oak outside the Museum of Natural History passed a Parks check, then dropped a limb on the vendor working beneath it. The inspection record was public the whole time.

Brooklyn Heights

+4

THE CITY GIVES MONTAGUE STREET AWAY FOR FREE. THE TABLE ON IT COSTS $300.

Sep 27, 2026

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4 min read

THE CITY GIVES MONTAGUE STREET AWAY FOR FREE. THE TABLE ON IT COSTS $300.

Open Streets hands Brooklyn Heights a car-free Sunday through October 25, and the cost of selling on it lands on the smallest food vendors first.

Queens

+4

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.

Queens

+4

TWO CARTS COOK THE SAME CHICKEN AND ONE PAYS A THOUSAND A MONTH EXTRA

Sep 19, 2026

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4 min read

TWO CARTS COOK THE SAME CHICKEN AND ONE PAYS A THOUSAND A MONTH EXTRA

The difference between them is a square of plastic stuck to the side of the cart.

Enforcement

+3

THE CITY MADE VENDING VIOLATIONS CIVIL IN MARCH. THE NYPD KEPT WRITING CRIMINAL SUMMONSES.

Jul 28, 2026

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3 min read

THE CITY MADE VENDING VIOLATIONS CIVIL IN MARCH. THE NYPD KEPT WRITING CRIMINAL SUMMONSES.

The count went up in the same quarter the law was supposed to bring it down.

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