Numerous street vendors meant business when they marched through the streets of Lower Manhattan demanding that City Hall give them opportunities to grow.
NYC street vendors march in Manhattan demanding that City Hall fix broken license system – and help them grow their businessesA legion of prominently immigrant street vendors marched through the streets of Lower Manhattan Thursday to demand local government pass new bills ensuring they have an opportunity to make ends meet.
Organized in part by the Street Vendor Justice Coalition, the demonstrators say that, as vendors, they have experienced hardship because the city’s licensing program is, in their words, broken. Tens of thousands of prospective vendors are on a wait list for licenses which“Vendors want a fundamental system that gives them the opportunity to strive and provide for their families like anyone else.
“No one should live in fear of their livelihood,” said Shawn Garcia, director of Advocacy Alternatives. “We are talking about a system that is broken, that is not serving vendors, that is not serving folks who are buying goods and food from vendors — and is not serving our community as a whole, and our local officials have a responsibility to fix this system.”
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