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In 2019, when the police were the sole enforcer, the NYPD issued 1,812 tickets versus 2,499 in the first nine months of this year, with almost half (48.6 percent) doled out in the last quarter. In just nine months, the NYPD and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) have issued 3,884 tickets to vendors, more than double the number of tickets made in 2019.

NYC Street Food Vendors Eagerly Anticipate City Expansion Of Permits arrow For the last decade, Ahmed Mohsen has sold chicken and smoothies out of his cart in Midtown. Every two years, Mohsen pays the owner of his street vending permit $20,000, for a license that costs just $200 to renew, an illegal arrangement that is common because of the scarcity of available licenses. “It’s a lot of money for me,” said Mohsen, who supports a wife and two children. “I work all the time.” ...