>>> 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.
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
ADVOCACY GROUP PART OF THE URBAN
JUSTICE CENTER HAS CREATED A
SCAVENGER HUNT. >> 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.
>> DUANE JACKSON A DISABLED
VETERAN SELLS APPAREL.
>> I’M ORIGINALLY FROM SAN
FRANCISCO.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THAILAND, PEOPLE FROM MEXICO
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.
>> SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
LEARN ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES,
LEARN ALL THE SECRETS THAT