Frustrated Street Vendors In The Bronx Waiting Decades For Licenses

2024-01-29T13:22:55-05:00January 22nd, 2024|News|

CBS

"Looking at the investment that's going into enforcing these small businesses, rather than investment in providing them access with business licensing. This is really a shift that needs to happen," said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the deputy director of Street Vendor Project.

Rikers Island Detainee Found Dead In Cell – Facility’s Second Death In First 19 Days Of The New Year

2024-01-29T13:09:36-05:00January 20th, 2024|News|

AM NY

"Darren Mack, co-director of the Freedom Agenda, which has been lobbying for Rikers’ immediate closure — said Luna’s death was yet another sign that the facility’s days of holding incarcerated individuals must be numbered."

New York City’s Halal Food Vendors Brush Off Hate And Forge Forward

2024-01-22T14:38:57-05:00January 19th, 2024|News|

Middle East Eye

"Mohamed Attia, managing director of the Street Vendor Project, or SVP, says that while these incidents are alarming, vendors typically don’t report them, making them virtually impossible to track."

Chima Williams Is The First Person To Die On Rikers Island This Year

2024-01-22T14:27:52-05:00January 18th, 2024|News|

Amsterdam News

“Oftentimes, you will only hear the worst of the worst of the stories of who are those involved with the criminal legal system, never the stories of despair, never the stories of those whose lives [are] completely lost and how it led to be that way,” said Dr. Victoria Phillips of the Jails Action Coalition [and the Urban Justice Center].

City Council Urges Mayor To Uphold New Protections For Unhoused Residents

2024-01-17T09:01:51-05:00January 13th, 2024|News|

BK Reader

“We need to actually start housing people instead of warehousing them in shelters,” said Calvin Michael, leader with the Safety Net Activists. “As someone who used CityFHEPS to move out of shelter, I know how important these laws are to getting people housed."

Maryland Carey Law’s New Appellate Immigration Clinic Takes Shape

2024-01-17T08:49:53-05:00January 12th, 2024|News|

The Daily Record

"In the spring 2023 semester, students in the clinic filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on behalf of the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, arguing that the court should reconsider a “crime of moral turpitude” deportation ground."