Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street vendors

Cops busting a churro vendor at a Brooklyn subway station in 2019. Riders Alliance wants subway security to focus on major crimes and not minor offenses. Photo: Rafael Martinez

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

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2022 | No Comments

The key transit advocacy group has a very long list of improvements it wants from Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams, MTA CEO Janno Lieber and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.

Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn is a successful open street, but too many others have challenges. It will take a city focus on public space management to ensure that people-centered placemaking thrives. File photo: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management

By Eve Kessler | Jun 8, 2021 | No Comments

A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.

Street vendors want New York's next mayor to recognize their contribution to the city's economy. Photo: SVP

OPINION: What Street Vendors Want From the Next Mayor

By Street Vendor Project | Apr 19, 2021 | No Comments

The Yang dust-up was only the latest in a long saga of slights. Here are the policies these small businesses demand.

Mr. Mayor, We Made Your 2021 Resolutions For You

By Dave Colon | Jan 1, 2021 | No Comments

From cycling safety to street vending to improving bus commutes, here's a list of what we'd like for Vision Zero.

Cops busted a family of street vendors in Brighton Beach last week — four months after Mayor de Blasio said he was taking the NYPD out of vendor enforcement. Photo: Street Vendor Project

OPINION: Mayor de Blasio Leaves Street Vendors Out in the Cold

By Street Vendor Project | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments

When will the city treat street vendors as legitimate small businesses?

Evelia's Tamales, an immigrant-owned food truck, has tried to keep its business alive during the pandemic. Photo: Street Vendor Project

Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

By Margaret Chin and Carlos Menchaca | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

The pandemic has hurt these mostly immigrant small businesses, which have always faced discriminatory enforcement. The administration must step up with law, open streets and policy.

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