Sales pressure: Policing, policy, and a push for fair street vending in NYC

With the federal crackdown on Canal Street vendors on Tuesday afternoon, the immigrant community of street vendors in Chinatown is frightened of the enforcement.

From empanadas to dumplings, the street vendors of New York City have served cuisines from all around the world to the New Yorkers for decades. The cap on vendor permits is one of the major challenges faced by this immigrant-run industry and Organizations like the Street Vendor Project, District Council members and state Senators are determined to pressure the New York City Council to address them this Fall.

The Big Apple was a portal for immigrants to chase the impossible - the American Dream in the late 1800s. Ever since the city was built, fed and run by one of the largest immigrant populations. Street vendors hold on to that