Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street vendors

The Brooklyn Bridge's bustling entrance on the Manhattan side. Photo: Kevin Duggan

A Bridge Too Far: City Seeks Authority to Ban Sellers From Spans

By Kevin Duggan | May 18, 2023 | No Comments

DOT wants to officially ban street vendors from its bridges after NYPD temporarily ejected sellers from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade in January — raising the alarm for merchants who say they have fewer and fewer places to hawk their wares.

Street vendors rallying for the council's reform package in 2020. Photo: John McCarten, New York City Council

City Six Months Behind Schedule for New Street Vendor Permits

By Kevin Duggan | Jan 30, 2023 | No Comments

In July, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene was supposed to start issuing 445 new permits every year until 2032, under a City Council law passed two years ago to reform the industry, but the agency hasn't moved beyond creating wait lists in November.

Longtime food vendor M.D. Rahman was booted from the Brooklyn Bridge, but he was back last week. Photo: Kevin Duggan

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street vendors

A Bridge Too Far: City Seeks Authority to Ban Sellers From Spans

City Six Months Behind Schedule for New Street Vendor Permits

‘The Mayor Wants This’: City Boots Vendors From Brooklyn Bridge — EXCLUSIVE

THE ASK: Riders Alliance Wants City, State To Attack ‘Root Causes’ of Transit Ills

What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management

OPINION: What Street Vendors Want From the Next Mayor