What’s Behind a $10 Chicken Over Rice From a Cart? An $18,000 Permit.

What’s Behind a $10 Chicken Over Rice From a Cart? An $18,000 Permit.

The New York Times - Business:

Blame rising costs, shrunken crowds and a black-market permit trade. Chicken over rice costs $10 at the Halal Plates, a cart in Lower Manhattan, up from $6 prepandemic.

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