Published in:
01-12-2012
Pushing Produce: The New York City Green Carts Initiative
Authors:
Margaret Leggat, Bonnie Kerker, Cathy Nonas, Elliott Marcus
Published in:
Journal of Urban Health
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Issue 6/2012
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Excerpt
In 2008, the New York City Council and Mayor Bloomberg signed legislation for Local Law 9, which established 1,000 permits for a new street class of food vendors called Green Carts—mobile fruit and vegetable businesses. Each of the city’s five counties (boroughs) was allotted a number of carts that could move freely within areas where the consumption of fruits and vegetables was lowest; these are also neighborhoods where the prevalence of diet related diseases is high. As of May 2012, there were 477 active Green Cart permits, 200 of which reside in underserved areas of the Bronx, 142 in Brooklyn, 91 in Manhattan, and 41 in Queens. …
