After altercation video goes viral, NYC migrant street vendors get an assist
Romelia has been selling fruit cups from a wheeled vending cart since she moved to New York City from Ecuador three years ago.
Monica Sibiri, one of the Algun Día’s founders and leaders, said the vast majority of migrant parent vendors whom the group speaks to have been selling goods on the street or subways because they lack child care. Some even have work permits — the absence of which posesfor migrants to get jobs — but ultimately the city's limited child care options preclude them from securing other work, she said.
“NYPD will make determinations on cases where further action is necessary — but the approach we are emphasizing at this time is educating first,” she said. More than 200,000 migrants, mostly asylum-seekers, have come to New York City in an influx that began in spring 2022. And nearly 78% of the more than 65,500 migrants currently in city shelters are traveling as families with children, city figures show.
Promise NYC has not grown significantly since its initial $10 million pilot phase, when it provided slots for 600 to 700 children in the first half of last year, according to the Council’s AprilDuring the emergency outreach on Saturday, one of Algún Día's leaders, Tiffany Hervas, introduced herself to migrant vendors.
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