Councilmember Sandra Ung has started a petition asking city officials to clear street vendors out of Downtown Flushing, saying they are putting the public’s safety at risk. In a press conference Ung cited 'lawlessness' and concerns about access.
Donate NowA Queens councilmember has started a petition asking city officials to clear all street vendors out of Downtown Flushing, saying they are putting the public’s safety at risk.
Ung added that her office has also heard from older people and people with disabilities who need to shop at local supermarkets, but say it's dangerous for them to move around the area because it is so crowded.Isidoro Rodriguez / Gothamist “A city agency cannot have a double standard of law: one for business owners and another for illegal vendors,” said Yu.
Many are ticketed because they lack general vendor licenses, but there are only 853 of those available citywide and the 12,000-person waiting list has been closed for more than a decade. “It’s a desperate situation out there for a lot of us, sometimes people sell less than $100 [in merchandise] every day,” said Wang.
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