street vendors
Andrew Yang’s Inspiring Campaign Is Going After Churro Vendors
The NYC mayoral candidate waded into the street vendor licensing debate. It didn't go very well.
First-Ever Survey of NYC's Female Street Vendors Reveals How Terrifying the Job Can Be
Harassment and even assault are common complaints for women who are street food vendors in New York.
NYC Settles With Hundreds of Street Vendors After Trashing Their Food Carts
“They took everything from me. I tried to save my food, but they threw away my food and my cart and everything.”
An Inside Look at New York City Street Vendors' Fight to Survive
The city only gives out 4,000 permits a year, creating a black market for vendors securing them illegally—but now one local legislator is pushing to offer up more.
Inside NYC's Street Vendors' Fight to Survive
"Right now, the way the laws are enforced is sporadic and unfair and it doesn’t work for anyone."
LA Will Finally Legalize Street Food Vending in 2019
Without legal protection, vendors run the risk of confiscation, jail, and in some cases, deportation.
This Is What Undocumented Street Vendors Think About Donald Trump
What tonight's results will look like according to the street vendors selling your favorite Mexican street foods.
Why Protesters Threw Two Tons of French Fries on This City Hall
There’s truly no greater form of civil disobedience than dumping a massive amount of delightful French fries all over of your oppressor’s front doorway.
'Fishball Revolution' Creates Chaos on Hong Kong Streets During Lunar New Year Fest
Lunar New Year celebrations in Hong Kong descended into chaos in the early hours of Tuesday morning as street food vendors clashed violently with police, culminating in gunshots fired by officers.
Getting Busted By the Cops Made My Taco Truck Take Off
Everything was going fine until two cops rolled up and asked, “Do you have your permits?” I answered yes, but I didn’t have the permits. I thought it was all over but little did I know that run-in with the law was just what my business needed.
NYC Street Vendors Want to End the Black Market for Permits
In 1981, NYC permanently capped the available number of food cart permits at 3,000. While the permits originally cost $200, vendors are now renting them on the black market for up to $25,000 annually.
New York City Vendors Can No Longer Charge Tourists $30 for a Hot Dog
After a hot dog vendor was caught grossly overcharging an out-of-towner, New York’s Department of Consumer Affairs has pledged to aggressively police price gouging, especially at the city’s visitor hotspots.