For an industry that is also a characteristic of life in New York City, we have, until now, known surprisingly little about the vendors that provide the economic activity that ignites so many city streets. Today, Immigration Research Initiative is releasing a report that changes that.

The police have been ticketing vendors for violations over the past year, upsetting sellers who say they are just trying to earn a living.

Alvarado is among at least five vendors along Junction Boulevard in Corona whose carts have been confiscated and trashed by the NYPD in recent weeks. About 50 vendors protested the action in a rally Monday – at the site where Alvarado said her cart was taken.

A group of Queens street vendors are saying the NYPD broke the law when they confiscated and threw out their belongings in late August.

Mohamed Attia, from the Street Vendor Project, says getting a permit is nearly impossible due to long waiting lists.

More than 500 protesters marched on City Hall advocating for a bill package to strengthen protections, access and opportunity for street vendors. Organizers say it was the largest demonstration in decades over the long-standing issue.

More than 600 street vendors marched from Union Square to City Hall on Thursday demanding action from the City Council.

正值纽约市议会8月的投票例会，几十名华裔街边小贩在炎热天气中，参加了“街头小贩联盟”发起的数百人的游行示威活动，呼吁市议会增发街边小贩的合法牌照及其他增强小贩生存的法案。

Hundreds of street vendors rallied at Union Square Thursday demanding action on a package of bills in the City Council called the "street vendor reform platform.”

Eight months and thousands of dollars in tickets later, New York City street vendors marched Thursday from Union Square to City Hall.

A 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.

Tras un recorrido por varios puntos de Manhattan, cientos de comerciantes informales presionan por la llamada "Plataforma de reforma para vendedores ambulantes"

Cientos de vendedores ambulantes marcharon esta mañana hacia la Alcaldía para exigir que se apruebe una reforma legislativa que les permita regular sus negocios mediante la expedición de permisos que los escuden de sanciones.

However, the question does not mention street vending, and only mentions expanding the New York Department of Sanitation's powers to clean streets and other property.

Advocates say the “manipulative” measure is indicative of a “rushed” and “undemocratic” City Charter revision process pushed by City Hall, in which only a handful of people testified in favor of the idea.

My advice: Get here early, check out all the current exhibitions inside the museum, grab some food from one of this year’s Street Vendor Project participants (the tamales at Evelia’s are excellent), chill on one of Yto Barrada’s colorful sculptures, drink as much as you want, then get up and move your body with all the other sweaty sexy beautiful people on the dance floor.

Earlier this month, as pre-summer heat marked the beginning of a busy season for the city’s street vendors, a video already going viral on social media began to make its rounds among those selling fruit, hats and souvenirs at Battery Park.

It’s important to recognize that there will continue to be viral incidents like this, because our legal system currently allows that.

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and the Street Vendor Project today condemns the NYC Parks Enforcement Patrol aggression against a fruit vendor and her family

The New York City Parks Department is conducting an internal investigation after video surfaced online of an altercation between an enforcement officer and a 14-year-old child in Battery Park.