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‘How Can I Feed My Family?’: Vendors Waiting on Licenses March on City Hall After Crackdown
Three years after the City Council passed a bill meant to expand the number of vendor licenses in the city, City Hall is still dragging its feet while the NYPD arrests and harasses food vendors.
Why 22 City Councilmembers Want to Gut the City’s Landmark Climate Law
“It would be an enormous step back globally if the council passed that bill, or any version of it."
Corona Plaza Vendors Are Struggling Under the City’s New Restrictions
The number of vendors has been slashed, opening hours have been cut, and sales are down by more than half—but vendors are hoping the plans for the permanent market will change all of that.
Most Libraries Will Only Be Open Five Days a Week Under Mayor Adams’s Budget
"It is astounding to me that we're in a situation where we are seriously contemplating losing universal six-day service."
Queens Groups Dare to Ask: What if We Built a Park Without a Casino?
"The full 65 acres of public parkland is what our communities deserve, not little scraps and crumbs."
As Cases Surge, Governor Hochul Moves to Kill State-Mandated COVID Sick Leave
"It's concerning for the business community and frankly the rest of New York to act like COVID’s in the past, when the numbers show a very different reality."
‘This Is Hell’: NYC Restaurant Owners Call New Outdoor Dining Rules a ‘Poison Pill’ for Small Businesses
New seasonal rules will end up wiping out many al fresco structures and decimate a program that is both wildly popular and crucial for medically vulnerable New Yorkers.
‘Let Them Grow’: AOC and Other Electeds Rally Against Scorched-Earth Treatment of Corona Plaza Vendors
After Hell Gate broke the story of a crackdown against street vendors in Queens, local politicians called out a broken licensing system.
City Clears Out Corona Plaza’s Popular Street Vendor Market
The plaza usually hosts as many as 90 vendors. After Friday, it was mostly empty.
NYC Has Left People With Long COVID Behind
Living with long COVID in NYC means living an increasingly lonely existence.
