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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Jean Harriet English, Street Vendor Representative from Brooklyn
1:39:59
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Jean Harriet English, representing street vendors in Brooklyn, appeals to the council for the release of street vendor licenses. She describes the challenges vendors face, including harassment by police and sanitation workers, and the impact on their livelihoods.
- Vendors are being arrested and having their goods confiscated while trying to make a living
- There's an urgent plea for council members to assist in addressing the licensing issue
- The speaker emphasizes the importance of opening up licensing for vendors to pay fees and continue their work legally
Jean Harriet English
1:39:59
Pleasant good afternoon, council members and everyone here.
1:40:03
My name is Jean Harriet English and I'm representing the street vendors in Brooklyn, New York.
1:40:11
I'm Worthman And Arjarnin Streets in ZIP code 1211208.
1:40:19
I'm here today to ask for, as everybody else here is asking, for a release of the street vendor's license.
1:40:30
So because we are being arrest, we have four days a week on the street selling stuff, and we are being harassed by the police and the sanitation.
1:40:41
They're taking our stuff away and conveysking them.
1:40:45
And this is this is very hard for us vendors and our families and our livelihood.
1:40:52
We desperately are asking and pleading to all council members for your assistance and looking at the matter of the license.
1:41:01
We're suffering immensely and begging, please, please, for your assistance.
1:41:08
Now that the weather is changing, it's time when we come out to try and make a living for our families.
1:41:16
So this is asking again for your mercy to help us to get the license going that we can pay our fees and get on with our livelihoods.
1:41:28
I don't really have a list of the members, but it is very, very important that we that you if you could pay some little more attention to opening up the license for us.
1:41:44
And that's all I have to ask.
1:41:47
Thank you ever so much for allowing us to speak today.
Julie Menin
1:41:50
Thank you very much for all of your testimony.