Small business advocates slammed Republican Council Minority Leader Joann Ariola for voting to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of legislation to decriminalize illegal vending — after she first opposed the bill along with other conservatives.

Ariola’s switcheroo helped secure enough support to quash Adams’ veto in a tight vote and allow the controversial measure to become law, shocked pols and Adams’ office said.

“Joann sold us out. She’s for herself not the good of the city,” fumed Councilman Robert Holden, a conservative Democrat who co-chairs the Common Sense Caucus with Ariola, and who voted against the override. 3

“I don’t want a flood of illegal vendors selling stuff in my neighborhood,” Holden said.

Holden said the Council actually paused the roll call because leadership l

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