Comments on: DOH is Finally Fighting the Food Truck Black Market http://midtownlunch.com/2012/06/08/doh-is-finally-fighting-the-food-truck-black-market/ Food Adventures for Your Urban Lunch Hour Sat, 18 May 2013 21:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: CheeeeEEEEse http://midtownlunch.com/2012/06/08/doh-is-finally-fighting-the-food-truck-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-252707 CheeeeEEEEse Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:47:14 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=42149#comment-252707 In a perfect world supply and demand would balance all that out. But it's not... In a perfect world supply and demand would balance all that out. But it’s not…

]]> By: locondcoco http://midtownlunch.com/2012/06/08/doh-is-finally-fighting-the-food-truck-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-252706 locondcoco Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:19:16 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=42149#comment-252706 how instead of capping the number of permits overall, capping the number of permits for particular foods, for example: hot dog carts are limited to 100. halal carts, 200; and so on. i mean really, do we need 5 halal and hot dog carts along the same block? how instead of capping the number of permits overall, capping the number of permits for particular foods, for example: hot dog carts are limited to 100. halal carts, 200; and so on. i mean really, do we need 5 halal and hot dog carts along the same block?

]]> By: joer http://midtownlunch.com/2012/06/08/doh-is-finally-fighting-the-food-truck-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-252704 joer Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:56:53 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=42149#comment-252704 The WSJ has been all over these issues... "City Bites Into Carts" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303753904577450771324129282.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories "Mr. Khan's Best Food, on West 45th Street near Sixth Avenue, seems standard in size: 10-by-6-feet. But Mr. Paktik soon may have a problem. His cart may be 1 foot too wide, according to new regulations proposed by the New York City Health Department on Wednesday." If this passes, there's going to be big money in modifying carts, since most are will be too wide for the new standards. It will also drive some vendors off the streets, especially ones who pay big bucks for black market permits because they probably don't make enough (selling $1 hotdogs)to pay for getting their carts compliant. Mohammed of Kwik Meal fame gets his permits on the black market: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704758904576188523780657688.html#articleTabs%3Darticle "Mohammed Rahman, who has operated the popular Kwik Meal cart in midtown for 11 years, says he pays $15,000 every two years for his permit. “The city charges only $200, why should I have to pay $15,000? All the profits go to someone else.”" The WSJ has been all over these issues…

“City Bites Into Carts”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303753904577450771324129282.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories

“Mr. Khan’s Best Food, on West 45th Street near Sixth Avenue, seems standard in size: 10-by-6-feet. But Mr. Paktik soon may have a problem. His cart may be 1 foot too wide, according to new regulations proposed by the New York City Health Department on Wednesday.”

If this passes, there’s going to be big money in modifying carts, since most are will be too wide for the new standards. It will also drive some vendors off the streets, especially ones who pay big bucks for black market permits because they probably don’t make enough (selling $1 hotdogs)to pay for getting their carts compliant.

Mohammed of Kwik Meal fame gets his permits on the black market:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704758904576188523780657688.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

“Mohammed Rahman, who has operated the popular Kwik Meal cart in midtown for 11 years, says he pays $15,000 every two years for his permit. “The city charges only $200, why should I have to pay $15,000? All the profits go to someone else.””

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