Small Businesses Outside Yankee Stadium Allowed To Sell MLB Merchandise Under New Agreement

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- There is an update on the deal between Major League Baseball and Nike that small business owners in the Bronx feared would put them out of business.

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City Council members Vanessa Gibson and Diana Ayala have announced an agreement that will allow those businesses to continue selling Yankees memorabilia.

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The deal reached with Nike and MLB means eight small businesses near Yankee Stadium will have licenses.

The mom-and-pop stores were originally left out of the agreement between Nike and MLB.

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