Offenses related to street vending, such as operating without a license, are being decriminalized, after the City Council on Wednesday overrode Mayor Adams’ vetoes of several workplace protection bills.

Intro. 47B, introduced by Councilman Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights), removes misdemeanor penalties for general and mobile food vendors, meaning violators only face civil consequences. The veto was overriden 35-9, with three abstentions.

Krishnan said in a statement that the vote was a “decisive victory for immigrants” in the city, and that his bill protects vendors from jail time and potential immigration consequences. Many of the city’s street vendors are immigrants, both legal and not, and noncitizens could face detention, deportation or arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor

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