>>> FINALLY AT 4:00, THERE IS A
>>> FINALLY AT 4:00, THERE IS A
NEW WAY TO SUPPORT NEW YORK CITY
COMEBACK AND HAVE A LITTLE FUN
WHILE AT.
.
THE STREET VENDOR PROJECTS
LAUNCHES ITS FIRST EVER
SCAVENGER HUNDRED.
SCAVENGER HUNDRED.
AS NEWS 4’S LAUREN EXPLAINS.
>> HOT DOGS, HOT COFFEE AND I
LOVE NY EVERYTHING.
A COMMUNITY OF ROUGHLY 20,000
DOT OUR STREET CORNER COULDS
THROUGHOUT THE FIVE BOROUGHS.
WHOSE LIVELIHOODS DEPEND ON THE
HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.
SOMETHING THAT DISAPPEARED
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> IT’S IMPORTANT FOR NEW
YORKERS TO KNOW THE HARD WORK
THAT GOES BEHIND EVERYTHING WE
SEE OUT IN THE STREETS.
>> TO HELP GENERATE AWARENESS,
THE STREET VENDOR PROJECT, AN
THE STREET VENDOR PROJECT, AN
ADVOCACY GROUP PART OF THE URBAN
JUSTICE CENTER HAS CREATED A
SCAVENGER HUNT.
>> IT’S A SERIES OF CHALLENGES.
>> IT’S A SERIES OF CHALLENGES.
CELEBRATING VENDORS ACROSS NEW
YORK CITY GETTING NEW YORKERS TO
ENGAGE ON A HIGHER LEVEL THAN
JUST BUYING THE PRODUCT AND WALK
AWAY.
>> FOR $26 TEAMS UP TO FIVE
PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP ONLINE.
THEY HAVE A MONTH TO COMPLETE
ALL THE CHALLENGES BY SUBMITTING
PHOTOS TO A SPECIAL MOBILE APP.
YOU CAN COMPLETE THE SCAVENGER
HUNT IN ANY OF THE BOROUGHS WE
WENT TO TIMES SQUARE FOR A
BUREAU.
FIRST CHALLENGE, MARVELOUS
MERCH.
>> WE TAKE A PHOTO AND UP LOAD
THE PHOTO ON THE APP.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> DUANE JACKSON A DISABLED
VETERAN SELLS APPAREL.
>> I’M ORIGINALLY FROM SAN
FRANCISCO.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM
THAILAND, PEOPLE FROM MEXICO
THAILAND, PEOPLE FROM MEXICO
CITY, ALL OVER WHO COME HERE,
CITY, ALL OVER WHO COME HERE,
CLAIM THERE STAKE BEING A STREET
VD VENDOR.
>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION TO
COMPETE ALL THE CHALLENGES HOW
LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A VENDOR.
>> ABOUT 35.
>> 35 AWESOME THAT’S ONE BOX
CHECKED.
>> THIS COUPLE HAVE BEEN SERVING
COFFEE AND PASTRY FOR 26 YEARS.
>> WE ARE A LONG TIME HERE.
THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE US.
WE LOVE THE PEOPLE.
>> WE LOVE THEM.
>> WE LOVE THEM.
>> SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
LEARN ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES,
LEARN ALL THE SECRETS THAT