NYC Street VendingNYC Street Vending A PRESENTATION BY THE MAYOR’S COMMUNITY AFFAIRS A PRESENTATION BY THE MAYOR’S COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

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Pauline YuPauline YuCommunity LiaisonCommunity LiaisonAsian OutreachAsian Outreach212-788-8950212-788-8950PYu1@cityhall.nyc.govPYu1@cityhall.nyc.gov

19046,000 licenses, 5,000 arrests for unlicensed

vending.

A Brief HistoryA Brief History

1968

DCA is first formed.

1963 The law established that a

vendor could not sell within 100 feet of a store or 250

feet if merchant objected.

1910

New Age mag describes ‘continuous lines of pushcarts in lower Manhattan which impede pedestrian movement,

interfere with deliveries to local stores, and block the free passage of police and

fire wagons’.

Peddlers first licensed in NYC in the 1890s.

Recent HistoryRecent History• DCA Commissioner Mark

Green • Harlem Enforcement Initiative

• Street Vendor Review Panel

• Council Member Philip Reed

Types of Types of Vendors/LicensesVendors/Licenses

• General Vendors

• Veteran Vendors

• Disabled Veteran Vendors

• Food Vendors

• Green Carts

• Parks

• Who doesn’t need a license?

• First Amendment

• Art

Issues and ChallengesIssues and Challenges• Enforcement

• Unanticipated Consequences

• Terrorism – Funding

• Immigration

• Trademark Counterfeiting

• Case Studies• SoHo/West Village• Harlem• East Harlem• Washington Heights

Who Enforces?Who Enforces?• Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement

• NYPD Manhattan South Peddler Task Force

• FDNY

• Department of Health

• Department of Consumer Affairs

• Department of Buildings

• Motion Picture Association of America

• Recording Industry Association of America

• Private Law/Brand Protection Agencies

What is CAU’s Role?What is CAU’s Role? CAU coordinates between City and Private CAU coordinates between City and Private

Agencies to schedule MARCH operations in Agencies to schedule MARCH operations in specific areas of interest. specific areas of interest.

Mayor

CAUAgencies Electeds

Communities

Typical EnforcementTypical Enforcement• 10:00 AM Gather at Local Precinct10:00 AM Gather at Local Precinct

• 10:30 AM Discuss Enforcement 10:30 AM Discuss Enforcement StrategyStrategy

• 11:00 AM Break up into Teams11:00 AM Break up into Teams

• 3:00 PM Enforcement Concludes3:00 PM Enforcement Concludes

• 3:30 PM Final Tally3:30 PM Final Tally

• Gerson Bills

• Fingerprinting

• Briefing Sessions• Senegalese Vendors

• Esperanza del Barrio

• Midtown Community Court

Education & LegislationEducation & Legislation