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City Council passes street vendor permit expansion
NYC will issue 1,500 new street vendor permits over three years, clearing part of a decades-long waitlist.
The New York City Council passed a bill expanding supervisory street vendor permits by 1,500 over the next three years. The waitlist, frozen since the 1980s, includes thousands of immigrant vendors. Consolidated from two reports with consistent figures; the bill text confirms the phased schedule.
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Vendor permit win after decades of organizing
Street vendor groups celebrate as council passes the expansion 38-12.
⚖️ Bias notes: Advocacy-aligned source; numbers check out.
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