that's what you think... that's what you think...Disabled veteran street vendors in New York are legally exempt from municipal regulations on street vendors, under a 19th-century New York state law.[1][2] As of 2004, there were 374 permitted disabled veteran street vendors, 60 of whom were permitted to operate inside Midtown Manhattan.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabled_veteran_street_vendors