Outside City Hall on Wednesday, the health, parks and sanitation departments, as well as NYPD officers, cracked down on street vendors.
“We are getting thrown out from here,” Bernando, a vendor, said. “All the five agencies came today to give us tickets.”
What You Need To Know
Council members voted to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of three bills Wednesday
One repeals criminal penalties for non-licensed street vending, two others extend workplace protections and minimum pay for grocery delivery workers
The bills are now law, and when they go into effect, vendors will no longer face criminal records, but violations, summonses and fines will remain in place
Wages will also increase for grocery delivery workers; the mayor's office says the veto was to protect residents from higher groc