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DSNY's role in street vending enforcement
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Commissioner Lojan discusses DSNY's expanded role in enforcing street vending laws, focusing on cleanliness and pedestrian access.
- DSNY became the lead agency on street vending enforcement in April 2023
- Enforcement operations aim to ensure clean, safe sidewalks across all neighborhoods
- A warnings-first approach is taken, but robust enforcement follows
- DSNY issued around 4,000 vending-related summonses since 2024
- The expansion of DSNY vending enforcement under Proposition 2 is in early implementation stages
Javier Lojan
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Since April 2023, sanitation has been the lead agency on enforcement of the city's laws around street vending, also a topic of recent oversight hearing by the committee on consumer worker protection.
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Our sanitation police officers enforce these laws where they focus on cleanliness and pedestrian access, and they conduct routine enforcement operations rooted in the belief that all New Yorkers across every neighborhood and every borough deserve clean, safe sidewalks.
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While we take a warnings first approach, often posting dozens of warning signs throughout an area before taking any enforcement actions, we also engage in robust enforcement to protect cleanliness and quality of life.
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And DSNY issued around 4,000 vending related summons since 2024.
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Street vendors are a part are a part of vibrant neighborhoods, but the rules exist for a reason, so that those neighborhoods can be enjoyed by all.
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And New Yorkers appreciate our enforcement as shown by the overwhelming support of proposition two.
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The expansion of the ESNY vending enforcement under that ballot measure is in an early implementation stage.
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On the same day that ESNY became the lead agency on street vending enforcement, we were also designated to manage the city's graffiti removal program.
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We brought our operational knowledge to the organization of this program, and in the FY twenty twenty five PMMR, the number of graffiti service requests closed is up 80%.
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Recently, the SNY began enforcing the rules around mobile car washes a new law sponsored by council member Salamanca and passed by this council.