NYC Sanitation Workers Destroy Crates of ‘Illegally’ Displayed Vegetables

In New York City it is illegal for stores to display foods more than four feet from storefront. This arcane law is now being ruthlessly enforced, as the above footage documents.

Provided by Gary Schlesinger, CEO of ParCare Health & Medical Center, the raw footage shows New York City sanitation workers taking boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables and throwing them into a waiting garbage truck. 

The vegetable displays were also roped off from the public, many of whom can be seen looking on in confused shock.

The crackdown comes as New York City is ramping up construction site fines, traffic camera fines, and fines on offensive advertisements. 

The city has also recently launched the Food Retail to Support Health Program (FRESH), which provides zoning incentives to encourage greater access to fresh food.