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A New Bill Could Allow New York City Vendors Back on Bridges

The bill could allow street vendors who sold along New York City bridges to come back after being banned from doing so earlier this year.

NYC Council bid to let some vendors back on Brooklyn Bridge hits resistance

After New York City ejected vendors who had clogged the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, a Manhattan lawmaker is pushing for a compromise to let some of the vendors back on. But the lawmaker, Councilwoman Gale Brewer, faced some early resistance Wednesday at a Council hearing, where both Mayor Adams’ administration and a councilman whose Brooklyn district sits under the bridge said the span should .

NYC Council push to let vendors on Brooklyn Bridge faces skepticism

NYC to boot vendors from Brooklyn Bridge starting Jan. 3

NEW YORK — New York City will ban all vendors from the base of the Brooklyn Bridge starting Jan. 3, Mayor Eric Adams’ office said Friday, aiming to clear the tangle of sellers who have long crowded the bustling pedestrian level of the celebrated steel and stone suspension bridge. If effective, the city’s plan would mark the end of an era for the bridge: For years, New Yorkers and throngs of .

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