Update On Roosevelt Island Mobile Food Trucks

Roosevelt Island Food Truck Image From Gothamist

I sent the following inquiry to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) last week:

I am following up on the status of Mobile Food Truck vendor applications. Any comment on the following:

! - During last Real Estate Committee meeting, it was decided to contact the NY Street Food Association to see if they would take over the operation of food trucks on Roosevelt Island. Have they been contacted yet and if so, what was their response?

2 - Does RIOC intend to maintain the $345 per month fee for the trucks? If so, does the fee allow trucks to park in any designated zone or only one designated zone?

3 - Can the fee be waived on first month for new trucks not yet serving Roosevelt Island as a continued inducement to encourage new Trucks to try out Roosevelt Island as a location?

4- - Will there be alternative arrangements such as a daily fee - if so, what is the Daily fee and will the daily fee be for one specific zone or may trucks park in any designated zone?

Thank you.

Aerial View of Roosevelt Island Food Trucks and Pier NYC

RIOC's Press Spokesperson replied:

1. Dispatch NY (a food truck production company created by the president of the NYFTA) offered to schedule three trucks at the subway location, but they asked for a fee of 30% of the amount we'd charge per truck to do so.

2. The $345 per month will stay in place. The fee would allow trucks to park in any designated zone, if they are available.

3/4. The waiving of the monthly fee was for July only. Going forward, all trucks can purchase daily OR monthly permits. New trucks looking to test the waters here will have the ability to purchase daily permits for $30, however they must first submit a completed application, proper city health department permits, and liability insurance. Once that's all okayed, they can purchase daily permits as they wish, from the main office. 

Here's what happened at the July 19 RIOC Real Estate Committee meeting on Roosevelt Island Mobile Food Trucks.

As reported last Sunday, I visited the Prospect Park Food Truck Rally and spoke with vendors who were very interested in bringing their trucks to Roosevelt Island. Here's more of the Prospect Park Food Truck Rally from Savory Bites.