In the middle of a pandemic, in the Bronx where 1 in 5 don’t have enough to eat@NYPDnews @NYCSanitation trashed a business, destroying produce in a food desert
This family is just trying to run a small business, and sell affordable fruits & veggies.@NYCMayor beyond wrong pic.twitter.com/dC9c7YkNGt
— StreetVendorProject (@VendorPower) September 25, 2021
The vendor is clearly a beloved member of her community. Neighbors crowded around her, calling for the abuse to stop
Thousands of dollars worth of oranges, tomatoes, and other fruits trashed
Taken from an immigrant woman entrepreneur, already hard hit by the pandemic pic.twitter.com/fHWuDQYkSN
— StreetVendorProject (@VendorPower) September 25, 2021
The systemic abuse of our city’s micro-businesses and disregard for hunger is a travesty.
Our communities deserve care, support, and training. Thankful to the community members who donated to the vendor yesterday to help her get back on her feet.@NYCMayor do you condone this? pic.twitter.com/k8oc149xRV
— StreetVendorProject (@VendorPower) September 25, 2021
The news covered the story:
BRONX COMMUNITY OUTRAGED AFTER FRESH PRODUCE CONFISCATED FROM STREET VENDOR, THROWN AWAY
The video shows sanitation crews throwing box after box of fresh fruit and vegetables into a garbage truck from a stand on Pelham Parkway, with an angry crowd protesting the move.
Diana Hernandez Cruz, an immigrant and a new mother, has worked at the stand for five years.
“I’m here in the rain, I’m here in the snow,” she said. “I’ve been working to provide food but also to take care of my family.”
On Saturday, she was back at the corner with the food telling Eyewitness News what happened here on Thursday, when two police officers called the sanitation department to remove the items after she couldn’t provide a permit.
“This video shows a small portion of an unfortunate situation, where abandoned material needed to be disposed of for the safety of the community. The Department of Sanitation is committed to our mission of keeping streets and neighborhoods safe, clean, and healthy,” the New York City Department of Sanitation said.
Throwing away good food like that is a sin against God and man.
All because this woman was unable to show proof of a permit that is difficult and expensive to obtain because the street vendor permit office is as corrupt as the gun permit office.
Both of my grandfathers were in the food business.
Watching this is a knife through my heart.
The Waffen NYPD and the ordinary men of the sanitation department should be ashamed of themselves.
When they put down the phones and start physically attacking the NYPD and sanitation workers… that’s when you know things are getting interesting.
Why should anyone care what happens in NYC? They’re getting what they voted for.
After the first crime against humanity, the rest are free. And, since there seem to be no consequences for crimes against humanity, there’s really no deterrent. Yet.
She’s not paying her ‘fair share’.
The Waffen NYPD and the ordinary men of the sanitation department should be ashamed of themselves.
They should, but of course they were just obeying orders from
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