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‘The Sunset Park Street Vendors Fighting for a Space,’

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When we came up with “The Year I Ate New York,” our vision for the project was fairly straightforward: Maintain a 52-week-long eating diary that covers as much of the city as possible. E. Alex Jung, our current diner-at-large tasked with the assignment, has used it as a jumping-off point to meet the people who inhabit various pockets of the five boroughs, from the Chinatown business owners staring down a super-jail to the .001 percenters who are Succession brought to life. This week, Alex spoke to the Sunset Park vendors who have been pushed aside by city bureaucracy, even though everyone seems to agree that the group’s impact on the community is nothing but positive. What gives? What will it take for them to find another permanent home?

—Alan Sytsma, food editor, New York  

The Street Vendors Fighting for a Space in Sunset Park Plaza Tonatiuh is a spirit and the spirit is resilient.

Photo: Jorge Garcia
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