Results tagged “Michael Brandon”

The Street Vendor Project released a study, Peddling Uphill (PDF), showing the difficulties street vendors have these days, given steep fines that are handed down for small infractions. The group's director, Sean Basinski, told Metro, “Since our survey, the maximum fine has gone from $250 per ticket to $1,000. That’s $1,000 for a sixth offense within two years. A first fine is just $50, but the second citationdoubles to $100. The third climbs to $250, the fourth is $500, and a fifth fetches $750. “We know the average vendor collects at least that many within a year, so maybe 20 percent of vendors’ incomes will go to tickets every year.”

Mort & Ray Productions—organize more than 200 of the fairs. Vendors pay $100 to $400 to participate in each event, with profits split between the production company and the nonprofit sponsor. The city receives 20 percent of the total vendor fees, which is used for police overtime and other expenses.

- Pets should be taken to the back of buses, and on trains they should be ushered away from doors, the proposal states.We think those dog carrier/purses count as cages, since the MTA just requests that the pets are in a closed container (like drinks!). And given that flooding would make subway travel an issue, we hope the Staten Island Ferry will relook at its rules for pets as well.

We haven't done a cute in a while, we've tried to leave that to the cute pros, but how could we pass up this little guy?