I want to follow the rules briefly. Well, I mean, we should lift the cap, but we have to give the permits that were already authorized by law. I mean, The city has utterly failed just to do what the law already requires in terms of extending permits. And what that means is you have thousands of people who are forced to get them on the black market, where they go for 20 or 25 or $30,000, not to the city, just to somebody who already has it. (23:45–23:52)
CLAIM
Asserts that the city has not fulfilled legal obligations to extend street vending permits.
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