The Decline Of New York City's Iconic Newsstands (Once There Were 1500 Of Them)
Today, the city has a little more than three hundred newsstands. They are required by law to sell printed material. But Max Bookman, a lawyer who represents the New York City Newsstand Operators Association, told me, "I talk to newsstand operators who feel lucky if they sell fifty newspapers a day." " The New Yorker