Vendors, Bike Messengers, and Dog Walkers on Working Outside in Cold Like This
Do you make your living working outside? How has the recent snow and cold temps affected your business? Stephanie Barreto, staff organizer for the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center talks about the challenges presented by the recent extreme winter weather to street vendors and others making their livings out of doors and is joined by Bernard Haynes who sells merchandise on the street in Harlem.
The Dosa Man from Wash Sq park calling in: "Yesterday I was really cold." Says he only worked about 8 days in January.
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"Working out in the cold like this, it's just all mental." -- bike messenger on the power of positive (warm) thinking.
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"The thing is... no matter what the weather, they have to go outside and pee. We're like the mailmen." -- Sean the dog walker.
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"The Obama posters...they don't really sell right now" says vendor talking about working outside in the cold. These days, scarves and hats.
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