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Every morning, thousands of New Yorkers line up at chrome breakfast carts for coffee, bagels, and doughnuts — fueling the city’s workforce with meals that cost just a few dollars. But behind this daily ritual is a fragile industry: one that depends on massive suppliers churning out pastries by the truckload, immigrant vendors working shifts at the crack of dawn, and a permit system so restrictive it’s sparked protests in the streets.
In a city that runs on breakfast-on-the-go, these carts are a lifeline for workers and a multimillion-dollar business. Now, with rising costs and mounting legal battles, the future of New York’s breakfast cart industry is at a crossroads.
00:00 – Introduction
01:33 – Pandora Bakery
05:09 – Food Cart Hustle
05:50 – Naty’s Cart: Las Reinas del Sabor
07:27 – History of New York City Food Carts
09:00 – LaGuardia Pushcart Crack Down
11:19 – Ed Koch’s Permit Cap
11:38 – Underground Permit Market
12:40 – Petey Stathopoulos: Peteys World Cafe
13:50 – Zohran Mamdani Halalflation
14:11 – Permit Scammers
14:48 – NYPD Street Vendor Crackdown
15:30 – ICE Street Vendor Raids
15:39 – Street Vendor Protests
16:34 – City Council and NYC Health Dept. Response
17:25 – Credits
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