rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/street-vendor-reform-package?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-street-vendor-reform-package' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Street Vendor Project https://actionnetwork.org/users/street-vendor-project/profile https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/511/539/normal/MIDDLE_GREEN.png Street vendors across New York City share the same dream—upward economic mobility. But that dream has become a nightmare. New York City's governance of street vending is broken, and it is time we fix it. Though street vending is as old as New York City itself, across our city, the vast majority of vendors operate in the shadows due to arbitrary caps on vending licenses and permits. Vendors operating without licenses means vendors without access to proper information and education on how to do their work in ways that are harmonious with our communities and promote health, safety and public wellbeing. The Street Vendor Reform Package, led by Council Members Sanchez, Farías, De La Rosa, and Krishnan and the Public Advocate, aims to reform the city’s current street vending system, letting vendors provide the services New Yorkers want - in a regulated, predictable, enforceable system - and giving these small businesses a real chance to build wealth in their neighborhoods. We need a regulated, predictable, enforceable system that protects workers and lets them work! Currently, too many would-be entrepreneurs are forced to rely on underground and illegal markets due to the impossibility of the current state of our City’s street vending system That is why I am proud to be introducing legislation that will expand access to vending licenses and permits to all vendors willing to go through the licensing process and follow vending laws. By bringing street vending out of the shadows, our city would join cities across the US that do not place arbitrary caps on vending, but instead effectively regulate all vendors..” said Council Member Pierina Sanchez. “. ,” said Council Member Amanda Farias. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/street-vendor-reform-package