A rally held at City Hall called attention to the Street Vendor Reform Package aimed at improving the permit process for street vendors in NYC. The package proposes to add over 1,000 new mobile food vendor permits annually for five years in response to existing concerns that 75% of vendors work illegally due to the city's outdated cap on permits. The challenge persists with exorbitant rents for underground permits and slow approval processes, leaving many vendors vulnerable to police action.
According to the Immigration Research Initiative, 75 percent of mobile vendors are forced to work without a license because of the city's outdated cap.
A bill passed in 2021 introduces 445 new permits each year, but those are going straight to people on the waitlist. If you're number 8000, that's over a decade to wait.
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