#street-vendors

#street-vendors

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"Those who are not street vendors don't know what we go through as we stand there for hours," said Lopez, who works at the 23rd and Mission intersection six days a week.

In a video released today on social media, Astoria's Mamdani interviews halal cart workers in Lower Manhattan about the rising price of street food in New York. The video echoes points reported by the New York Times in 2024: Halal carts have been left no choice but to charge more for chicken over rice due to the increase in the cost of goods and ingredients.

Shaohua Yu, who has sold traditional palm-leaf sculptures in Chinatown for over 20 years, reflects on how the hustle no longer guarantees prosperity for immigrants.

"I proudly call myself a hooker with a 401K," said consultant and sex worker Victoria Von Blaque, who urged the cops and the city to "stop trying to play Captain Save a Hoe. I went out and got a job, I had the education... but a lot of us are forced back to the streets."

Others had installed on the west side, selling from speakers to jewelry. They seemed - and were - official. The stalls had similar awnings, and all vendors wore yellow vests and t-shirts. 'We are happy because we have returned, and also there are more people here, more traffic,' said De Jesús about the Mission Street pilot program between 23rd and 24th streets.