Street vendors rally at City Hall to call for increase in number of city licenses

Dozens of street vendors rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate International Street Vendor Day and call on the City Council to pass legislation that would significantly expand the number of licenses to sell food and merchandise on city sidewalks in order to protect vendors from law enforcement crackdowns.

Wednesday's rally, organized by the Street Vendor Project, celebrated the contributions of street vendors to the culture and fabric of New York City and called on the City Council to pass Intro 431A in one of three remaining stated meetings before the end of the 2025 legislative session.

Intro 431A, introduced by Council Member Pierina Ana Sanchez, would make 2,000 additional supervisory license applications and 2,100 additional general vendor license application