Newly arrived migrants are hawking candy, fruit and beverages in New York City, often with young children in tow. Turf battles with more established vendors are becoming common. In many corners of ...

A migrant vendor holds candy to sell in a CTA Blue Line train, Feb. 22, 204, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) One of the sellers, Norma Allas, sat on a street corner with her 2-year-old ...

Many street vendors in New York City face significant challenges from the moment they set up their stands, striving to make ...

According to the city’s Sanitation Department, the coordinating agency for street vending enforcement, more than 3,000 summonses have been issued to unlicensed vendors this year.

Complaints to the MTA about unlicensed vending nearly doubled in the first five months of this year, compared to the same time last year, according to internal agency data obtained by Gothamist.

Overall, the city slapped more than 10,000 civil and criminal citations on street vendors in 2024. Immigrant advocates accuse Adams of waging “war on street vendors” by sending phalanxes of police to ...

SAN DIEGO — Peanuts, candy and popcorn are some of the items Imhotep Mustaqeem sells in his snack table before Padres home games. He has been selling near Petco Park since 2009 but just a couple ...

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Thursday making it easier for street vendors to work on Minneapolis’ streets. The Sidewalk Street Car ordinance expands the area in which ...