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May 22, 2015 Liam Mathews

It’s been a rough week for Ahmed Mohammed, the assholish hot dog slinger who’s been ripping off tourists near ground zero: First he got caught charging outrageous markups ($30 for a hot dog and soda) and shortchanging customers for pretzels and other stuff from his cart. Then he received a fine for failing to post […]

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May 21, 2015 Prachi Gupta

Ahmed Mohammed, the vendor hawking hot dogs and pretzels for up to $30 at a street corner adjacent to the 9/11 Memorial, has been ticketed. DNAinfo reports that he was slapped with three fines for failing to post prices. The amount of the fines has not been reported. NBC blew up Mohammed’s spot when the […]

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January 31, 2013 Andy Cush

In an effort to make NYC’s food carts more sanitary and collect some money along the way, Mayor Bloomberg is creating a seven-person, $580,000 squadron to enforce cleanliness laws on the carts and make sure violation fines are paid. Though the Health Department touted the new measure, saying it would protect public health, some vendors […]

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