People are not clutter

Manhattan’s prim Upper East Side is perhaps the most hostile residential neighborhood in the city to street vendors. On the UES, they like their immigrant workers to serve them behind closed doors (nannies, restaurant workers) but not so much in public (vendors, restaurant delivery guys).

A few months ago the UES community board passed an anti-vendor resolution calling for more enforcement against those pesky, “proliferating” street vendors. Hey, two can play that game! So SVP passed an anti-anti-vendor resolution in response. We see your resolution and raise you a resolution. You can read it here.

BTW, these Community Boards are often dominated by people like Julia Willkie, an UES condo owner who complained in the NY Times a few months ago that street vendors were “clutter.”  We’re sure that’s what they said about your grandparents, too, Ms. Willkie.  In case you´re wondering what the vendors in the neighborhood really look like, and what havoc they are (not) creating, here are a few pictures.