A video obtained by NY1 shows police taking a food cart to a police precinct after the vendor, Sammy Saleh, says they gave him a violation for improper curb placement at his Times Square spot back in August.

Police took his cart again this week.

“The health department, the police department, consumer affairs, they come around the clock to bother us for no reason,” Saleh said.

He took his frustration with how the city treats food vendors to a rally with hundreds of other vendors Thursday. They say the city has unjustly enforced regulations against them — harming their livelihood.

“For this summer, we got over 100 tickets,” said Saleh.

Saleh said he’s out several days of work again now, waiting to pay a fine and go to court.

According to city documents, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and the NYPD issued 1,312 summonses to vendors through August of this year — with most tickets issued in Manhattan and Queens.  

According to vendors, the fines and missed work days threaten the bottom line for the nearly 20,000 of them. Police assist the DCWP by giving out the tickets.

“The police say the first authority they say for their own tickets minimum $250,” Alejandra Maria, a Bronx food vendor, said.

Vendors also said the city needs to issue more permits.

According to the city, the number of mobile food vending permits was capped at 5,100, including 2,800 full-time citywide permits.

However, a new law accumulates the number of permits by 445 each year for the next 10 years.

Those at the rally said street vendors are the heart of the city and more should be allowed to work and without fear of repercussions.

“The street vendors are very strong people. They work with dignity,” Maria said. “They don’t care if it’s raining, sunny, windy, or snowing. Everybody outside.”

The city responded, “DCWP inspectors are committed to an education-first approach to vending enforcement, which includes the opportunity to comply before issuing violations.”