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Street Food With Empty Streets: NYC’s Vendors Fight To Survive
Patch
More than 2,000 of those vendors could be helped, though, with a fundraiser by the Street Vendor Project which aims to bring in enough money to give $200 "relief payments" to as many of their members as possible.Social distancing complaints at city businesses flood 311
Politico
Many grocery workers have been on edge over their continued exposure to fellow New Yorkers. Street vendors have similar concerns. None yet have tested positive for the virus, according to Mohamed Attia, executive director of the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project, as far as he knew.Street vendors say business is hurting due to coronavirus pandemic
News 12
Mohamad Attia, executive Director of the Street Vendor Project at Urban Justice Center, says his team has been reaching out to government officials for some relief for the street vendors. He says they want grants for vendors, freezes on rent, mortgages and utility bills, for all NYPD and Health Department enforcement to be put on hold, and for all fines issued to be put on hold as well.NYC’s food trucks are shutting down, but it’s not because the city is telling them to — it’s because so many people are staying inside
Business Insider
New York City is home to more than 10,000 street vendors, which include food trucks, hot dog vendors, flower vendors, and book vendors, according to the SVP, a part of the Urban Justice Center, which provides legal aid and advocacy for marginalized communities.NYC Food Cart Vendors Protest After Being Pushed Out of Spots by Business Group
Vice
Read this Vice article about how SVP amplified the voice of Wahede Whab and advocated for him with a rally when bike racks and planters were placed in his family's fruit stand spot of 35 yearsMidtown food cart operators say 34th Street Partnership is using planters, benches to force them out
AM New York
AmNewYork on SVP's advocacy for 31st and 32nd St. food carts, who have been pushed out by the 34th Street Partnership's use of planters and benches.Contact
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