Yogo food truck driver was bad? April 24, 2013

Mrs Whynot reports the following:

Today, April 24, at approximately 5:30 PM, a driver of a Yogo truck (see above) was operating outside of the Brooklyn Museum and was arrested by police.

Post arrest, police parked van. It remained there at 7:30 PM, and now is gone. ...perhaps it was retrieved by annoyed owner of van, who is different than arrested driver of van.

Rumors or details are welcome. It is a slow news day.

A truck selling culture in front of a cultural institution? Me thinks someone doesn't like competition.

Or turf war?

http://fox8.com/2012/07/26/ice-cream-truck-drivers-accused-of-beating-threatening-competition/

I am going to speculate that the police asked the driver for ID, and he had an outstanding warrant, or an invalid driver's lic.

...but I like your idea that he was a victim of the active culture yogurt wars.

I know the NYPD and the health department has been cracking down on food trucks as of late for any kinda of violation. Maybe this guy got caught up in the dragnet?

Yogo isn't even yogurt anymore! It's regular, plain old ice cream.

I don't know about that arrest, but I did call the cops on the regular ice cream man that insists on parking in the cross walk on Washington. They said they'd harass him to move. I hate that guy.

Did you know it's not illegal to stand in a cross walk?

@Whatchuwant

Looks like we still haven't learned our lesson

Crosswalks Lessons (Gutter flag?)

http://bit.ly/17E1PWc

Maybe there would be respect if we were still using "North River Bluestone"

Specimen Blocks on Washington Avenue Reaveal Gross Violations of the Specifications and Indicate Wickedness & Carelessness (is this title crazy or what????)

http://bit.ly/102rFkn

"North River Bluestone refers to a blue sandstone from the mid-Hudson Valley (mostly Ulster County) that was used extensively for sidewalks in the mid to late 19th and early 20th centuries. The "North river" referred to was the Hudson River. Although the Ulster County quarries are silent now (there is still "bluestone" quarried in the Helderberg area of SW Albany county)..."

http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A2=ind9812&L=bullamanka-pinheads&D=0&P=109642

http://www.starstonesales.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=100

Pinkberry CEO on Offering Greek Yogurt

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2207638816001/pinkberry-ceo-on-offering-greek-yogurt/

This could be helpful too

Int 1025-2013 Version: *

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating designated mobile food truck locations.



http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1343992&GUID=E095434C-8D80-4DC0-91C1-66AB10FEA2FF&Options=&Search=

Introduction

On April 17, 2013, the Committee on Health, chaired by Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo, and the Committee on Transportation, chaired by Council Member James Vacca, will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Food Truck Vendors: Examining An Emerging Industry.” The Committees will also hear Int. No. 1025, a local law to amend the Administrative Code of the City of New York (Admin. Code), in relation to creating designated mobile food truck locations. This hearing will examine some of significant issues facing the food truck industry, particularly, what policies the City should adopt in determining where and how to locate food trucks and what other policies are necessary in regulating the industry. Witnesses invited to testify include representatives from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), the Department of Transportation (DOT), members and advocates of the food truck, food vendor, restaurant and transportation industries, local chambers of commerce, and local business improvement districts (BIDs).

Full Report:

http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?M=F&ID=2415963&GUID=8A665D82-091B-4B05-9648-365741813A09

since I already hijacked this thread I might as well...

Was the Yogo Truck Driver Italian?

Did he have a mustache?

Ice Cream Peddlers - How Many of the Work in Brooklyn

July 3, 1887

"They are rivals evidently, but as yet have no come to blows. Each watches the other narrowly and no doubt makes a mental calculation of the amount of business done by his competitor"

http://bit.ly/13dEQzr

Did he put his right hand in?

Did he put his right hand out?

Did he shake it all about?

http://bit.ly/17EjwoK

1887 was a good year.

A good year for carnivores.

MDCCCLXXXVII

Peter Lugers est.

http://www.peterluger.com/ourstory.cfm

A mere 100 years before I graduated from high school.

Just came across this thread... not sure if it's related to the arrest or not, but a ton of people on Eastern Parkway called 311 to complain about that truck. The driver was playing their "truck music" (think Mr. Softee, but more annoying) over and over all day. I know the driver was asked to stop multiple times by the cops, so it's possible that he was arrested because he kept playing the music.

For the record, food trucks are not allowed to play their music when they are parked, only when moving...