A conflict is forming on the streets of New York City between legal and illegal food trucks and carts. The city grants 5,100 food vending permits every two years. The permit is issued by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Most of the permit holders pay $200 to renew their permit every two years. Some permit holders rent their license, or permit, for a profit. Some cart or truck operators pay more than $20,000 for a food vending permit. Because there is greater demand than supply of permits, a black market for the licenses has emerged. The Wall Street Journal reported that transferring or renting these permits to another vendor is illegal. But many vendors have turned to this illegal black market for permits. Business owners who have legal permits, or who compete with the food carts and trucks, are against the black market. “The people out there operating the carts are not the ones who have the permits,” said business official Dan Pisark. He questioned the permit owners’ motives.
Title: New York Street Vendors Battle Over Permits
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/756/permit_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New York Street Vendors Battle Over Permits' data-article-id='1154'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8667'>A conflict is forming on the streets of New York City between legal and illegal food trucks and carts.</span> <span data-start-time='8667' data-end-time='15521'>The city grants 5,100 food vending permits every two years. </span> <span data-start-time='15521' data-end-time='21521'>The permit is issued by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. </span> <span data-start-time='21521' data-end-time='29229'>Most of the permit holders pay $200 to renew their permit every two years.</span> <span data-start-time='29229' data-end-time='36229'>Some permit holders rent their license, or permit, for a profit.</span> <span data-start-time='36229' data-end-time='43896'>Some cart or truck operators pay more than $20,000 for a food vending permit.</span> <span data-start-time='43896' data-end-time='53250'>Because there is greater demand than supply of permits, a black market for the licenses has emerged.</span> <span data-start-time='53250' data-end-time='62229'>The Wall Street Journal reported that transferring or renting these permits to another vendor is illegal. </span> <span data-start-time='62229' data-end-time='68708'>But many vendors have turned to this illegal black market for permits.</span> <span data-start-time='68708' data-end-time='79000'>Business owners who have legal permits, or who compete with the food carts and trucks, are against the black market.</span> <span data-start-time='79000' data-end-time='87833'>“The people out there operating the carts are not the ones who have the permits,” said business official Dan Pisark. </span> <span data-start-time='87833' data-end-time='90500'>He questioned the permit owners’ motives.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/756/vendor_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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