I completely agree. Get these bastards out of my damn city already.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer wants police to crack down on the dozens of vendors at Ground Zero. NY1 reports that in spite of a “2004 state law prohibit[ing] vendors from working the area bordered by Broadway on the east, West Street on the west, Liberty Street on the south side, and Vesey Street on the north,” vendors still set up and sell various wares, including many 9/11-related items (like “Tragedy,” the photo pamphlet memento!). Stringer said, “We don’t think this should be a three-ring circus where profiteers are cashing in on one of the worst tragedy to befall the United States of America,”
And just to prove I put my money where my mouth is, here’s some video I took a few years ago at Ground Zero.