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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Eliasar Campos, Street Vendor
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Eliasar Campos, a street vendor for 18 years, testifies about the need for reform and support for street vendors in New York City. She emphasizes the importance of providing permits and licenses to street vendors, highlighting their contributions and struggles.
- Requests help with laws and reforms to make street vending more viable and secure
- Stresses that street vendors pay taxes and are essential workers
- Advocates for permits and licenses, even if it involves fees and paperwork
- Highlights the diversity of street vendors and the financial struggles some face due to fear of selling without proper documentation
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My name is Eliasar Campos.
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I'm asking that for street vendors and the overall people that are actually street vendors that please you help us with all of the laws and everything that has to be done for us to have something worth and to help to have something worthy and to help us with the different request that every single member has.
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I am a street vendor.
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I've been a street vendor for eighteen years, and we now we now we want something safe and worthy for the street vendors that we also have rights, and we do pay all of our taxes.
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We are we are essential.
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We also fight day to day.
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Thanks to the excellency of the street vendors.
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We want to be seen as good news, and we want the street vendors reform to be here and have a place.
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We all have different nationalities, and, actually, some vendors are not capable of selling or having sales.
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They are afraid.
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They do not they do not sell.
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They don't have sales, and they don't have enough money to pay rent.
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So we adamantly ask you to give us what we deserve because we do pay taxes every trimester or quarterly, and we do have rights because we follow the rules, but we do have rights as well.
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We need the permits.
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We need the licenses.
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And even if we have to pay for the fees or or if we have to do the pertaining paperwork, we will.
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But all of us need the necessary permits and licenses to be able to do all that.