On this edition of Tiempo, we discuss the latest efforts to help New York City street vendors obtain a license to work legally.
Proposed legislation would decriminalize vending, make permits more accessible and help mitigate some of the risks that immigrant vendors may face.
Currently, more than 10,000 street vendors are on a city waitlist to get a license. The number of permits issued by the city, meanwhile, has been capped since the 1980s…