Lori Lightfoot says that street vendors in an area with increased robberies should consider not using cash in transactions to 'protect themselves.'
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The Chicago mayor said that street vendors in Little Village can protect themselves by not using cash in transactions. "We've been in Little Village working with those vendors hand and glove to make sure that they are doing things that they can do to protect themselves like not using cash, making sure that the cash that they do take in is secure," Lightfoot added.
So far in 2023, robberies in the 10th district are already up by 114% when compared to the same time in 2022 with 30 robberies taking place this year.
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