NY Times

"The Street Vendor Project...is particularly concerned with Proposition 2. "When you read the ballot question, what it doesn’t mention is that it will increase these abusive and often violent enforcement actions against street vendors,” said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the organization’s deputy director.”

Gothamist

 ‘These operations disproportionately affect migrants who turn to sex work for survival and further compound the challenges they face when seeking safety and survival in the U.S.’” - “Abigail Anzalone, case manager at the Sex Workers Project

NY Groove

“Besides the question of whether this expansion of powers is really needed in order to clean up the sidewalks...there’s a lot more to this than meets the eye, opponents say. Specifically, the ‘expanded powers’ for the Department of Sanitation would include giving the department the authority to remove street vendors, issue fines and confiscate their equipment, according to advocates at the Street Vendor Project.”

News 12

“The system of obtaining permits to vend is almost impossible... we need to think of these as our city's smallest businesses, that pay taxes and want to do it above board in a system that has not been backlogged since the 1970s,” said The Street Vendor Project Deputy Director Carina Kaufman Gutierrez.”

City & State

"Darren Mack, co-director of the Urban Justice Center's Freedom Agenda, says, "Mayor Adams has never seemed to truly understand the way Rikers undermines public safety. The Public Advocate, on the other hand, has consistently supported the closure of Rikers and measures to rein in DOC's worse abuses."

Medium

The Street Vendor Project and 49 other organizations endorsed a campaign urging New Yorkers to vote against the November proposition, arguing the charter review commission process was rushed and not inclusive: "This charter review commission was clearly rushed. It was clearly not inclusive of the public. And, that leads one to question, what’s the purpose of it?"

WABC

“Maria Martinez, Director of Client Services at the Domestic Violence Project at the Urban Justice Center, as been nominated for the Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. Leadership Excellence Award category.”

New York Times

"The police “broke the law” by destroying vendors’ property without due process, said Katy Diaz, who works with the Street Vendor Project."