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standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT STATEMENT REGARDING MAYOR MAMDANI’S EXECUTIVE ORDER 15
Press Release
This decision strips our field of needed agency in city government by lumping us into a structure where our work does not belong.
NYPD Still Slapping Street Vendors With Criminal Charges Despite Council Law Requiring Civil Charges
The City
“The seven summonses reported to the Street Vendor Project appear to be an early indication that the NYPD hasn’t trained officers to abide by the new law.”New Era for Street Vendors’: Mamdani Names Top Advocate as NYC’s Vendor Czar
Gothamist
“Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez will join an institution with which she has often been at odds, taking the helm of an office designed to educate street vendors about local laws and in multiple languages, replicating some of her work with the Street Vendor Project, but this time at scale.”
