Nitthaya Nishijima, 55, is another blind vendor. She runs a small convenience store on the second floor of the Kluczynski Federal Building downtown and also has three vending machines.

“The best thing I like about my work is I make a lot of friends and I try to make a lot of people happy,” he said. But with many of his regular customers working from home because of the ...

Mayor Bloomberg’s grand vision to improve New Yorkers’ health by severely limiting sales of high-calorie beverages on city property is short-sighted and destructive, say blind vendors who ...

The blind business owners who operate the vending machines at the New York State Thruway's 27 rest areas fear they're being squeezed out of the soon-to-be-rebuilt facilities, which are set for ...

And blind vendors, like Worley, hope this collaborative approach will be the best way forward. "You know, I understand, if we don't reduce health costs, that's going to be a huge economic impact.

Marco Zepeda is legally blind. He’s been making a means for his family by selling mops and brooms at the intersection of 75th Avenue and Thomas Road in west Phoenix for over two years.