Meet the two legendary Mets’ beer-slinging vendors who have been around almost as long as the team
These two guys did a fantastic job. The two beer boys at Citi Field say there’s no secret to why they’ve become legendary after nearly 100 years at the Mets’ stadium. Like Dwight Gooden’s Uncle Charlie, it’s all about how you sell it. “When you do 10,000 events, you don’t have to practice,” said Raymond […]
NYC grocers gripe over fruit vendors so close to stores: ‘Pick off our customers’
New York City grocery store owners are slamming city officials for allowing licensed fruit and vegetable sellers to operate on the same block (in some cases within 30 feet) as their stores, eating into their profits. In Forest Hills, Queens, there’s a fruit and vegetable stand just 25 feet from a Key Food supermarket on […]
NYPD raids illegal NYC open-air migrant market, sending crooked vendors scrambling — one day after Post exposé
New York City police on Monday raided a troubled Jackson Heights neighborhood where immigrant fraudsters peddle stolen goods and prostitutes ply their trade in broad daylight, a day after the Post’s revelations. Shortly after 4:30 p.m., police and city officials converged on an illegal open-air market and robbed illegal vendors of blankets and beach towels […]
Ex-hospital administrator pleads guilty to hot dog vendor’s identity for 30 years
A former hospital administrator has pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of a former colleague over a 30-year period, resulting in the man being sent to a psychiatric hospital. Matthew David Keirans, 58, stole the identity of hot dog vendor William Donald Woods when the two worked together in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the late […]
NYC Council bill would let street vendors hawk in middle of sidewalks
Big Apple sidewalks could soon be “radically changed” under a “ridiculous” new City Council bill that would allow street vendors to block off everything from mailboxes to benches, critics post. told the paper. of Bill by Rep. Carmen de la Rosa (D-Manhattan) would allow wheelbarrows to be installed two feet from the curb or six […]