Ehe New York Cimes NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004 Pusheart Vendors Gain Victory in a Labor Deal ny STEVEN GREENHOUSE te his Deparment en ‘fol, hem cvs est of te ‘Bae nes Taso cangan ners Ente Spaer, wh sex ose aimance si rete: ‘kpected i reel $B each “Spr stats a he vers ty ft ay even sep rane oS 00a Jafar Contra Park vendo wo that WT nel re in for sea Ine om compan tat he was si ‘hing te mina wags er evra “Tse sry to ipo {tam pdm do or ex year and atl gee west ‘ity new vert cy et alan ns he Sie uae, side wt esa “Thepoope wh wr the (mina on Page 85 Auncut vendor with rete ream and beverages sue rime ection fr sales in Cental Park conte From Page At company are vry scare speak It Serapen up, they sy Sa Sou out ker MM. Maks nor his sons, ‘amas and Georg, wi are ese ‘cals made yesterday to MT The company's lawyer, James uly Sey aid MATT ab ot realize that was breelog the Inv By not avg overume of providing rest "The problem was that for these sear Central Park, de ware ‘ery semonal andthe way MT OF ‘rate for wile was to have the esl mv ages tg the Goring he Low pero he at a all ‘ning the cldet rons; ipsa. "WaT eraily don't moan te break the la They howe they ‘mere operating ab Seasonal oper Torn were opposed to and det ive tepay overtime Te snd hat once the stone ge eral ace explained the siation, explained the law 10 MKT, snd A company had to outbid others, through the Parks Department, to secure choice spots. they worked out an arrangement ‘rhere's fond as been estab wo pay workers verime that had bean tronly dened Ms Smt of the arse gener sso sai that understate a the ony seasonal workers exempt from overtime pay ae counselors st thidrenreummer camps. 'AS costomors bough his $30 hat age and $2 ie cream sandwiches, Safar, who wae sree merchant Ia ‘Rangladee, sie his cart sametrcs ‘tls $40 in fond andi on busy Summer days Some cars gros ‘re tan 0000 8 ea, ogress the demand forthe ven ore pretele sod sda that Makkos tary a ral of 396.00 tenn Parks Department action foe fetighctohavepusbeass fora year etwo choice spots in Int of te Metropaitan Maseur af Art The Company fret wan many peace font two decades ago bY being ong first t seals hee fa ‘at poteah cubiddng snl tery weal. The far so won rah trun the parks eso {nd uti Dona Tramp to oper or several ether Central Park panes spots M 8 pays 490200 $S100u00 a year The company oper ties 42 of the pars 7 ears eich wu pay te cy $21 mun Isyear Ths company Ss making ot money athe aks Bf these poo the Urban Justice Cente, «anor Svocaey grup. "ARG the ety ‘aking at of rameter M2 Ts Bias If MET pds peopl prop fry, count pay at much fo {hws sites, 06 & tease the ety enim ese os Yala and several other Contra are vendors aid that ben th new unt the tahraor sa Several blocks from tel pushcart thay nave to leave ther cars un tended AS a result vendor $id pasoersy fen tel some So asad they, ot MELT, have to ab Sorbie casos bet nar said he had st may ay ot work — apd pay — going to cour {S ebt summonses He sald the po oe ave given hi several ket for po having a seatbelt while od in bos of an MET fate truck with several vendors at fe iether ander poseart to Cen teal Pare trom the enmpany's hea (arerson West Street ‘Me Smith sud the company seed legally hy making the ve dors pay for he stlen ems. ‘tbs sakd 4 T bd broken th i by not reimbursing them for te {ih summonses tha he worker ‘ald even when the company Was Sensi ‘She sad the attomey general's fie was looking itn logon Yoltrg cher pushcart. compan Gong busines mene Ne York Ch parksystem, ‘Mr Baste! af the Urban Justi center tauled the Parks Depa ten for not uncovering hese batons eich he sald had pone ovis there wasn invest tion whether the concessional tree wloting the In" Be sla.” ‘Told nave ‘akon only someone | Ertl hrough Cantal Par and a Se questons” wamer Jeaton,aspokesman tne Bars Department ai TH the frst cme weve beard of fe be. If we fod been roied of @ froblem, wed te immediate fon by making toques eto 0 practices