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Vendor enforcement in the 42nd Council District
1:26:09
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Council Member Banks raises concerns about vendor enforcement in his district, particularly in the Fountain industrial area. He invites the Commissioner for a walkthrough to observe the conditions created by vendors.
- Banks inquires about the number of enforcement agents allocated to his district and the number of summonses issued.
- Commissioner Lojan explains that the 40 employees in the illegal vending unit are not assigned to specific areas but move around citywide.
- The discussion highlights the need for a targeted approach to address vendor-related issues in specific areas of the 42nd Council District.
Chris Banks
1:26:09
When it comes to vendor enforcement, I want to encourage you, I would like to invite you out to my district where we've had major issues with vendors especially on the sanitation side along Fountain and in those that particular industrial area in the 40 Second Council District.
1:26:29
So I want to invite you out to maybe do a walk through so you can the condition that has been created by some of these vendors.
1:26:40
And I know it was stated earlier that it's only 40 enforcement agents throughout the city.
1:26:47
How many of those agents are have been relegated to the 40 Second Council District?
1:26:55
And what what's the amount of summonses that have been given?
Javier Lojan
1:27:01
So the 40 employees that are assigned to the illegal vending unit are not defined to one particular area.
1:27:13
We moved them around citywide and I'd have to get back to
Chris Banks
1:27:17
Well, when you're getting multiple complaints from three one one of a particular area Right.
1:27:22
What's the action plan?
1:27:24
I mean so when it comes to when you have that degree or amount of complaints, what's what's the response from sanitation?
1:27:32
Is there an organized effort?
1:27:34
Yeah.
1:27:35
Of course, we
Javier Lojan
1:27:36
yeah.
1:27:36
We send our lieutenants to investigate the area and we definitely take action.
1:27:42
So if there's areas that, you know
Chris Banks
1:27:44
Well, are you aware of the particular area I'm talking about where there's been a major influx of vendors since the closing of the aqueduct?
Javier Lojan
1:27:53
Which area is that?
Chris Banks
1:27:54
That's in the 40 Second Council District.
1:27:56
That's like the Fountain area, Workman, Stanley, cuisine.
Javier Lojan
1:28:02
I think that is one of the areas, but I don't know if can
Chris Banks
1:28:06
do our walkthrough, if you're not aware, I would definitely love to show you what's going on back there and hopefully we can develop a strategy to keep that area clean.
1:28:16
When it comes to the street sweepers and if I if I may, if you
Shaun Abreu
1:28:23
may Yeah.
1:28:23
Just twenty thirty more seconds, please.