Sentence examples for general vendor from inspiring English sources

Neither Mr. Coleman nor the two men he is accused of shooting had general vendor licenses, according to Abigail Lootens, a department spokeswoman.

With pushcart permits costing $2,500 to $3,500 a year and with most general vendor licenses from the Department of Consumer Affairs going to veterans, Mr. Ocasio, like most of the vendors here, forgoes legitimate credentials.

Then in October, Justice Donna M. Mills of State Supreme Court in Manhattan dismissed the suit, saying that the city had correctly interpreted the code in requiring a general vendor license.

Skyride Associates, the ride's owner, said 14 summonses were issued and six employees arrested for not having general vendor licenses, even though it maintains they have never needed licenses before.

The Temporary Street Fair Vendor Permit is only good for 30 days and cannot be used as a general vendor license.

And the department, officials said, does not keep statistics on how many general vendors fix things.

But, he added, "My primary goal there is quality of life: noise, alcohol consumption and unlicensed general vendors".

Gretchen Dykstra, the commissioner of the city Department of Consumer Affairs, said there were 2,531 general vendors licensed on the city streets, 374 of whom are disabled veterans.

I wish I had understood all this when I proposed my six-word amendment to the general vendors law almost 30 years ago.

The city does not assign vendors a location, and general vendors are not required to report their chosen locations before setting up, though there are restrictions in certain areas of the city.

For a fee of $200 a year, the city's Department of Consumer Affairs provides licenses to a maximum of 853 "general vendors," peddlers who do not sell food and are not military veterans (a separate, no-fee category).