THE issue for newsstand operators is even more complex.

"Regulations are completely skewed in favor of the newsstand operators."

The group representing most of Manhattan's newsstand operators is content with the agreement.

"In the end, I believe, they actually make out as well or better than before," she said of newsstand operators.

The ruling was only a partial victory for newsstand operators.

In addition, there was some confusion among newsstand operators.

The newsstand operators were shouting, handing out papers as they grabbed coins and bills with little or no attempt to give change.

No one, it seems, ever dreams of becoming a newsstand operator.

Some underground newsstand operators, who often act as change machines for pay phones, welcomed the expanded service.

The boys showed their photograph to the porter and the newsstand operator.