Vendors contend police are illegally destroying their seized property without due process.
Blanca Alvarado said she couldn’t bear to watch as a crew of NYPD officers loaded her vending cart into a garbage truck two weeks ago.
“The truth is, I’m desperate,” a tearful Alvarado, 44, told Gothamist in Spanish, adding that she hasn’t found other work since her cart was confiscated. “I can’t pay the rent.” “They can't just throw it into the back of the sanitation truck and take it away,” added Beth Haroules, a staff attorney for the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Street vendors in Corona, Queens, display citations they received from the NYPD for vending-related violations, including vending without a permit. The Advocacy group Street Vendors Project contends the vendors are illegally having their carts confiscated and destroyed by the NYPD.Many vendors are ticketed for operating without one of the limited and highly coveted city vendor permits and licenses.
Alvarado said she wasn’t given a voucher or another option to reclaim her cart, before she and other witnesses say police threw her property into a garbage truck.
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