The City Council is battling with mobile food vendors, casting them as unlawful businesses and demanding the city dictate where they sell their grub.
Councilman Dan Garodnick, who represents the Upper East Side of Manhattan, has introduced a bill requiring the city to set up zones for the food trucks so they don’t interfere with restaurants, hog parking spaces or clog traffic.
“We need a system that creates order, protects our neighborhoods and allows a limited number of trucks to operate under clear and enforceable rules,” he said.
There are 530 food trucks plying both residential and commercial neighborhoods.