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The Economics of New York Pushcarts

People who visit New York City sometimes expect all the food to be expensive and hoity toity, but the truth is hundreds of thousands of people get cheap, simple, and tasty meals every single day from one of the many pushcarts on the streets. Benjamin Levisohn of the New York Daily News talked to some of the vendors to learn about the economics of pushcarts. One of the men he spoke to, Mohamad Ali, spent six years working at someone else's cart in Midtown, saving up the money to buy his own: "It wasn't cheap: The city only charges $200 for a permit, but with the number that are issued capped at 3,000, there's a thriving secondary market for...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, May 1, 2007 at 1:40 PM
Tagged: NYC, pushcarts, street vendors