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Sanchez on wait list prioritization for new vendor licenses

New York City Council · May 29, 2026 · starts 3:18:59 · 39 sec

Sanchez asks how DCWP will prioritize new general vendor licenses. Levine says they'll start with 9,000 people on the existing wait list, then create a new wait list, with rules coming in weeks.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

So the questions are, when the new wait list opens, how will DCWP prioritize the new general vendor licenses?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Do you have a sense of the criteria the agency will be using?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And how can we ensure that licenses are getting to the hands of the street vendors who've been waiting for decades?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And the third one on street vending is outreach.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

The chair touched on this a bit regarding street vendor project and our partners on the ground.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

But I suppose my question is whether there are

Pierina Ana Sanchez

any dedicated staff within the agency across the 189 new lines that you mentioned in your opening specifically for outreach.