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Friday, Sept. 4, 2026
Luz Uruchima has been vending for two decades and is trying to get one of the new merchandiser licenses being issued by the city, Sept. 3, 2026. (Alex Krales/The City Reporter)
“As much as we are excited and thrilled that this change is happening, we are very troubled by the proposals being discussed today,” Mohamed Attia of the advocacy organization Street Vendor Project said during a hearing on proposed permitting rules last month. The proposal, he added, “doesn’t ensure that currently operating vendors will get priority receiving the license.”
In accordance with a law the City Council passed earlier this year, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will first process and prioritize applications submitted by any of the roughly 11,000 merchandise sellers already registered on a 2016 waitlist. That leaves out anyone who missed the registration window that lasted only about a month a decade ago, along with vendors who entered the trade after that window closed.
For those sellers, DCWP has proposed they self-certify they’re vending to receive secondary priority. But the agency has not yet detailed what that process would entail and said it has not determined a timeline for adopting the rules.
“It would be good if they required evidence, because it’d make the process more equitable for everyone, more regulated,” said Rosario Troncoso, president of the Street Vendor Association at Queens’ Corona Plaza.
A high near 84 and mostly sunny with chances of showers and thunderstorms during the daytime. A low around 67 and partly cloudy at night.
MTA 🚇
Midday in Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound F trains skip Avenue P, Avenue N, Bay Parkway and Avenue I. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate-side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Sept. 4, but suspended on Monday, Sept. 7 for Labor Day.
5 Tips for New York ‘Solopreneurs’ to Grow Their Businesses
You’ve put in the late nights, the weekends and the hustle. And now, what started as an opportunity to make extra money has turned into an enterprise with real potential. If you handle everything on your own – logistics, production, marketing, finances and everything in between – you’re part of a growing group of entrepreneurs nicknamed “solopreneurs.”
Here are five helpful tips for you to grow your business in 2026:
Identify or solidify a business opportunity: Look for a need in New York or come up with an innovative idea. Maybe it’s a service that can help others or a product that could enhance or simplify their lives. Look for long-term demand and understand your total addressable market, not just seasonal or trendy success.
Make a business plan: Your plan doesn’t have to be long, but it should outline your mission, goals, competitive analysis, marketing approach and financial forecasts. If you’re already running a business, examine your customer base. Do you have repeat customers? Are they referring others to you? Your business may be ready for the next step.
Maximize savings to impact growth: Many entrepreneurs use some personal savings to get their businesses started but also pursue business lines of credit or small business loans to fund equipment and marketing plans. Prioritizing saving along the way will help secure the funds you need to get your business up and running.
Develop your marketing and brand strategy: Define your brand voice and value proposition and choose the right marketing channels for growth. As you set a realistic marketing budget, consider the cost of tools, advertising and outsourced services like graphic design or content writing. Start small, measure results and scale what works.
Plan for growth and operations: The logistical side of entrepreneurship includes thinking about order fulfillment, customer service, project management and scheduling. Invest in the right tools to streamline daily operations, improve customer experience and save time.
New York City-based artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face is being sold to chip giant Nvidia for $13 billion in a sign of how local companies have become crucial to the AI boom.
Hugging Face was founded a decade ago to build a chatbot for teenagers, but its tools for natural language processing made it invaluable to developers of AI products. It is also vital for what is known as open-source AI, as opposed to the closed models of industry leaders OpenAI and Anthropic.
The deal represents a recognition that while the city’s tech sector has historically been based on applying technology across industries, the AI sector here is engaged in the fundamental development of AI technologies themselves.
In July, Hugging Face systems were attacked by a swarm of autonomous OpenAI “agents” that had broken out of their test environment in an event the company’s CEO Clément Delangue called “mind-blowing.”
The sale price is likely the most ever paid for a New York tech company.
— Greg David
Brooklyn Dems Dispute Rolls On
A court hearing over the future of the Brooklyn Democratic Party was postponed Thursday for a second time, after attorneys for the reform faction of the party realized a clerical error meant Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s name was left off key legal paperwork.
Justice Jill Epstein, who was recently elevated to state Supreme Court with the blessing of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, gave reformers additional time to re-serve the paperwork to Bichotte Hermelyn and called the parties back to court on Sept. 8.
Meanwhile, Bichotte Hermelyn — who has not so far shown up in court, though her attorney has — doubled down with another video message jabbing her opponents Thursday morning.
“I’m the one who’s supposed to step aside?” she said. “Y’all have been outorganized again.”
Reformers flipped enough district leader seats in the June Democratic primary to be able to elect their preferred party chair. They sued after outgoing district leaders voted last week to change party rules to add dozens of seats to the executive committee, which the reformers say was an illegal power grab.
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