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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

NYC lawyer roasted on Twitter for reporting illegal food stand rails against city’s ‘rapid deterioration’

Courtesy of Sonya Shaykhoun

A New York lawyer who was roasted on Twitter after posting that she called police to report an unlicensed food vendor says she was trying to highlight the “rapid deterioration” of life in New York City.

Sonya Shaykhoun told The Independent that she stood by her viral tweet in which she described getting into a confrontation with two women selling food in Riverside Park after demanding to see their permit on Tuesday.

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