At Developer s Urging, NYPD Cracks Down On Hudson Yards Street Vendors
arrow Two NYPD officers flanking a Hudson Yards security guard earlier this week. Vendors allege the developer instructed the cops to issue the tickets Provided to Gothamist
Nearly a year after Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to remove the NYPD from street vendor enforcement, a group of pushcart owners say they re facing a new police crackdown the latest escalation, they allege, in an ongoing eviction campaign waged by the Hudson Yards developer Related Companies.
On two days this week, police officers issued a total of four summonses to cart operators on 33rd Street between 10th and 11th Avenue in Manhattan. In one video shared with Gothamist, an NYPD officer can be seen talking to a Hudson Yards security guard, before telling the angry vendors: This has nothing to do with us. They don’t want you on their property.
Various U.S. cities, states moving to decriminalize vending
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON, May 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Since losing her job in 2018, Nekia Hattley has been selling vegan desserts at farmers’ markets and on the streets of Los Angeles. Today, with COVID-19 pushing people outdoors, she sees a potential new revenue surge – but there’s a catch.
Street vendors selling food are subject to stringent policies, including what type of cart they can use and where they can prepare the food, and adhering to them is complicated and expensive, said Hattley.
“People usually start street vending because they’re trying to make a means for themselves, starting from ground zero,” Hattley told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, adding that the rules are “impossible – it’s crazy.”
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New York s Street Vendors Fight Back Against Displacement
Despite operating on public right-of-way, food vendors claim that developers are pushing them out of established vending spots. April 11, 2021, 5am PDT | Diana Ionescu |
New York s street vendors are mounting a campaign against displacement by real estate interests, writes Valeria Ricciulli in Curbed. It is time that the real estate industry stopped running our city and controlling our public space, says Mohamed Attia, executive director of the Street Vendor Project.
Hot dog vendor Mohamed Awad has watched his business in the Hudson Yards get slowly eaten away by real estate interests. When Hudson Yards opened in 2019, Awad, his partners, and their employees began to face harassment from the police and Hudson Yards security, even though their carts are on a public sidewalk. To make matters worse, property owner Related has added landscaping elements that the vendors see as a purposeful attempt to push them out of