. In early 2021, they began meeting and eventually formed the Asociación de Vendedores Ambulantes de Corona Plaza — a local vendor association. The group has since worked with local elected officials, non-profits and city agencies in order to continue vending.
With help from the Street Vendor Project – a citywide nonprofit that was working with the vendors of Corona Plaza since before the pandemic – and Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation, the vendors created bylaws that established rules and regulations at the plaza. They also drew out a map of their placements in the plaza, divided it into different sections and elected leaders for them, drew up a community agreement, organized community clean ups and ran training for vendors.
“Things have improved a lot for me, because really before, it was tickets from the police, tickets from sanitation, tickets from parks, all of that. But since the pandemic, it’s slowed down. I feel very good because they have let us work and comply with our economic duties that we have — to pay rents, insurances, and all that related to living well,” Campo Verde said. “We are looking to no longer be criminalized, but to be legal.
On Thursday, one day before the announcement was made, street vendors took a break from work at Corona Plaza and across the city toA model for the future of vending
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