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Newsstand Owners Can't Stand New Newsstands
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 25, 2008
Modified Jul 25, 2008
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Cemusa, the Spanish company that won a $1 billion contract to install new newsstands, bus stops and other street furniture throughout this fair city, hasn’t exactly impressed newsstand owners, some of whom are out of business for a month or longer while the company removes their old stand and puts in the new version (pictured). Previously, owners have complained that the roofs on the new stands leak and the locks are defective; now another problem is that some of the new structures are 9 inches shorter than promised – which is no trifle considering the tight quarters they have to deal with. The whole thing makes one wonder if the government's habit of outsourcing to private contractors is somehow flawed!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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