Yeah, without some sort of permit and/or payment to the city, she's just putting a vending machine on a sidewalk that doesn't belong to her. It's not categorica

Yeah, without some sort of permit and/or payment to the city, she's just putting a vending machine on a sidewalk that doesn't belong to her. It's not categorically different from building a store to sell phones in the middle of a public park--she's stealing part of a shared public resource, and keeping the profits. Sidewalk space doesn't belong to the first person to setup shop on it.