""That's why I'm here, even though I'm terrified right now given the situation with immigration," C said. "But if I don't lift my voice up to say that there's a need for this legislation to pass, then it will never happen.""
""I'm the sole provider for my family, and right now, the decision that I have to make at the end of the month is do I put food on the table or do I pay the rent?" C said. "It's"
Delivery drivers and street vendors, both licensed and unlicensed, marched around City Hall to protest proposed City Council bills and an ICE raid in Chinatown. Organizers Street Vendor Project and Workers Justice Project held a press conference with Council Members Shaun Abreu and Shahana Hanif, a Public Advocate representative, and vendor testimonials. A Queens vendor who identified only as "C" described fear over immigration status while urging legislation to pass. The City doubled the vendor license cap in 2021 but issued only 129 new licenses last year, leaving long waitlists and forcing many vendors to operate unlicensed. Many vendors missed limited 30-day application windows in 2016 and 2022, making legal licensing inaccessible.
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