Food

NYers Told to #NoshTheVote

A map of street vendors who will be giving out voter registration forms through October 14. Image by Facebook

By Michael Kaminer October 13, 2016

Some inalienable rights with that falafel?

In what we think is a first-ever pairing of voting rights and food, the City of New York this week launched a campaign enlisting food trucks and street carts to distribute voter-registration forms.

#NoshtheVote was created in partnership with the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project. Friday October 14 is the last day for voter registration.

Participating #NoshTheVote vendors ranged from Fauzia’s Heavenly Delights in the Bronx to Patacon Pisao in Washington Heights down to Aly, a Halal food truck on Staten Island.

Bonus: We love that New Yorkers automatically get what “nosh” means.

Michael Kaminer is a contributing editor at the Forward.

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