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August 2015: ".....Trump has time and again pushed New York to limit laws on peddling - including by veterans, who can get special vendor licenses from the Department of Consumer Affairs in thanks for their service.

"While disabled veterans should be given every opportunity to earn a living, is it fair to do so to the detriment of the city as a whole or its tax paying citizens and businesses?" Trump wrote in a 1991 letter to John Dearie, then-chairman of the state Assembly's Committee on Cities.

"Do we allow Fifth Ave., one of the world's finest and most luxurious shopping districts, to be turned into an outdoor flea market, clogging and seriously downgrading the area?" Trump demanded.

New York's original peddling exceptions for veterans date back to 1894 - created to give those disabled during the Civil War a chance to support themselves. .....Source