THAT’S JUST SMALL: SoHo street vendor Alessane Fall was fined $1,000 (top left) for his cart being 1 inch higher than its 5-foot limit — and got another fine that claimed he was 2 inches too close to a local business.
Posted on 10/08/2012 7:45:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The priciest real estate in New York is just a few inches of SoHo.
A street vendor hawking cellphone cases was slapped with $2,250 in fines for selling from a table that stood 1 inch too high and 2 inches too close to the nearest store entrance.
Alessane Fall — who lives in The Bronx with his wife and six children — intends to fight the three tickets he received from the same officer on Sept. 20 because, he says, city regulations are crippling entrepreneurs.
“I don’t know why the city is giving out tickets, but we’re here just to work, to feed our family, make sure our family goes to school,” Fall said.
“We come all the way from Africa looking for a better country.”
He’ll appear before a city administrative law judge next month.
One of the tickets states Fall’s cart was an inch over the 5-foot height limit for vending carts — a violation that costs up to $1,000.
“Defendant was observed with a vending cart taller than 5 feet — 5 feet, 1 inch,” the ticket reads.
When Fall measured his table for The Post, it came in at 4 feet, 10 inches — but a clip holding down some merchandise pushed it to 5 feet, 1 inch.
The police officer who fined Fall wrote a second ticket claiming the cart was 2 inches shy of the required 20 feet that’s supposed to separate a vendor from the nearest store entrance.
Fall insists he was more than 20 feet away.
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Clearly, these infractions gave him an unfair advantage over his competitors.
We must have a LEVEL playing field for free enterprise to work.
Socialism always sounds good until you have to live under it.
Now take another stab as to whether the cop (racist) is a Democrat or Republican.....and then let's see this in the MSM...yeah..right Pathetic!
Crime is rising again under Bloomingidiot and all they have time to do is harrass street vendors trying to make a living ?
don’t know why the city is giving out tickets, but we’re here just to work, to feed our family, make sure our family goes to school,” Fall said.
Government needs as much money as it can in order to “spread it around”. I wonder if this is a liberal who just got “mugged”, to borrow a phrase.
Give them an inch and they will take a mile! The next thing ya know he will be selling evil cigarettes to the chilrun.
Now take another stab as to whether the cop (racist) is a Democrat or Republican.....and then let's see this in the MSM...yeah..right Pathetic!
I suspect this was likely an old-fashioned roust, probably on the behalf of one or more of the local businesses.
Now, it *is* possible there was some merit to the third charge - i.e. hawking in the sidewalk. I’ve seen vendors who get kind of aggressive trying to get people to look at/buy their stuff. Even IF that were the case, though, the Barney Fife routine on the height of the stand, etc. is totally unnecessary. If the guy was out on the sidewalk, the cop could’ve just warned him to ease off and let it go at that.
Future freedom voter, if approached with the right attitude.
/johnny
Good thing he wasn’t selling Big Gulps from that table. They’d go for the death penalty.
It gets more like Europe here every day. It’s agenda 21 - they even have to measure their vegetables - coming here in greater abundance soon.
The scariest thing in regard to all this was that Michael Bloomberg ran as a Republican to win his first term as NYC mayor. His socialism is killing small business.
This gentleman who was ticketed....would like for him to move to Florida and set up business. Too many of the recent NYC transplants seem to be unable to handle working for non-NYC wages and no unions
Yes, they need money to spend and what better way to get it than to fine the little guys.
Of course, he will probably still vote for Bloomberg and co...
Sorry, but stopping in NYC was your first mistake. Neyawk neyawk what a wunnerful town...
It’s a good thing he didn’t get caught selling Big Gulps.
“The Street Vendor Project says the city issues and average 25,552 tickets to vendors annually, and dismisses an average of 5,672 each year.”
Looks like he stands a 25% chance of getting it thrown out and I’ll bet all he has to do is ask.
The other 75% never bothered to ask.
And stay away from the entrance of the store(Like you can you really do that) It is annoying.
Looks like the ticket was written at 5th and Broadway.
I’d give him a ticket for even showing up. That is an awfully crowded area and likely he was infringing on the seriously hole in the wall businesses who store fronts are no bigger than my front door.
Additionally, the foot traffic there would be pretty deep. Though maybe not so much this time of year.
Black, independent, hardworking business ALERT. Mayor Bloomturd says, “Make an example of this man”.
Barack Obama: “I approve of this punishment. No black man is smart enough to work by themselves. Only I can provide them with leadership. Seig Heil”.
Then why did you settle down in New York City, jack@ss?
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