City officials announced that as of April 1, street vendors are no longer under the jurisdiction of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and instead they are now handled by the Department of Sanitation. Beloved street vendors are now more than ever being treated like trash. I hope to interview various street vendors and photograph their carts, and the food that they sell, with the hopes of capturing their response to this recent change. I’m curious if vendors are going to be more discreet with their stalls, or more flamboyant as a form of protest. I also hope to interview the Street Vendor Project that advocates for many of these vendors.
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