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2020.05.23 03:25 GMT+8

Faces of unemployment: New York street vendors

Updated 2020.05.23 03:25 GMT+8

Street vendors and food carts are New York City's street scene. There are about 20,000 street vendors all across the 5 boroughs that feed thousands of New Yorkers every day. 

But food carts are the victims of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving atleast 90% of street vendors nonoperational. 

CGTN's Sarah Walton spoke with one trader who is now unemployed. 

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