AGENCY TESTIMONY
Support for veteran vendors and Intro 686 of 2024
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This chapter focuses on New York City's support for veteran street vendors and the proposed legislation, Intro 686 of 2024, to enhance this support.
- New York City has a long tradition of supporting veterans interested in operating as street vendors, dating back to post-Civil War laws.
- Intro 686 of 2024, introduced by Veterans Committee Chairman Robert Holden, aims to amend the membership of the Street Vendor Advisory Board to include veteran representation.
- The bill would require DVS to post information about resources and support for veteran vendors on its website, which can currently be found at nyc.gov/vetvendors.
James Hendon
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Supporting veteran vendors.
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New York City has a tradition of supporting veterans interested in operating as street vendors.
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The city and state support dates back to laws established to benefit 19th century veterans hungry for entrepreneur opportunities in the wake of the civil war.
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Veterans committee chairman Robert Holden introduced intro 686 of 2024.
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Intro 686 looks to amend the membership of the Street Vendor Advisory Board to include the commissioner of DVS or their designee, to increase the number of speaker appointed members to the Street Vendor Advisory Board to 7 so as to include a veteran community member.
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It would also require the Department of Veterans Services to post on its website information related to resources and support for veteran vendors.
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Currently, information that we place online for Veterans Street vendors can be found at nyc.gov/vetvendors.
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This bill has been continually suggested and advocated for by the Veterans Advisory Board.
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Along with them, we thank the chair, the veterans committee, and the entirety of the city council for their support with this pending matter.