By Erika Winters
The sidewalks and streets near the NYC Diamond District contain precious-metal scraps and stones that self-described "city miner" Raffi Stepanian picks up and resells to the vendors who track them out of their shops. But according to this video uploaded to YouTube by Stepanian himself, some vendors aren't too happy with his mining excursions. He also has attracted attention from the NYPD, as seen in the video below.
In the video a jeweler expresses his dismay at Stepanian:
Jeweler: There's a lot of guys that are not happy with this guy. And he's going to have a problem. And it could get, eh, physical.
