Metro hawker: Free news! Free news! It may not be any good, but hey — it’s free!

–43rd & Lex

Street vendor selling soda: One dollar! … 50 cents! … Free!

–Ground Zero

AM New York guy: Free! And if you want it in French, ‘Parlez-vous fran-free!’

–32nd & Greeley Square

Overheard by: Mary Beth

Flyer guy: Free colored pieces of paper!

–Times Square

Chick: If I didn’t pee on a guy for diamonds, what makes you think I’d pee on one for free?

–Union Square Park