"In December, New York's City Council voted overwhelmingly to pass three bills aimed at reforming street vending. The most significant of these addresses the long-standing low cap on licenses for food vendors - currently just 6,880 - by raising it with an additional 11,000. The other two bills will create a Division of Street Vendor Assistance (for education and training) and require that the city distribute the new licenses within five years."
"But on his way out of office, former mayor Eric Adams vetoed the bills along with 16 others that he described as "reckless legislation." Raising the cap on food carts, he said, would "undermine our small businesses with an untested new licensing regime for street vendors." The move wasn't a surprise. Last year, Adams vetoed another bill "repealing the misdemeanor criminal penalties" faced by licensed street vendors for violations like being too close to a subway station."
"(City Council overrode the veto.) Now, the three other bills are back with City Council, which will have 30 days to repass them with a two-thirds majority. In an interview with the New York Post, the new City Council Speaker, Julie Menin, said she was planning to override the veto on "many" bills, including street-vendor reform. To become law, each bill must be brought back in front of City Council for a revote."
City Council voted overwhelmingly to pass three bills reforming street vending. The largest bill raises the food-vendor license cap by 11,000 from the current 6,880. The other bills establish a Division of Street Vendor Assistance for education and training and require the city to distribute the new licenses within five years. Former mayor Eric Adams vetoed these bills and 16 others, arguing the changes would undermine small businesses with an untested licensing regime. The bills returned to City Council for a possible two-thirds override; if repassed by that margin, each bill will become law without mayoral approval.
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