BK Daily Eagle

In July, Matthew Shapiro, legal director of the Street Vendor Project, told the Eagle that the vendors provided “ a vital service” to tourists, adding, “A lot of people depend on this location to make a living and support their families.”

ALM Law

Hatch-Miller, who took up running as a way to get out of his apartment and get some exercise early in the pandemic, is set to run the marathon as part of the team raising money for legal non-profit Urban Justice Center for the third straight year.

Amsterdam News

"The city has been transferring homeless people and abusing them for years in shelters across the city. Now with the 30 and 60-day rules, the city is continuing that abuse and making it even worse for homeless immigrants,” said Dinick Martinez, leader with the Safety Net Activists, in a statement."

Amsterdam News

“Mayor Adams is also questioning the plan to close Rikers now, saying that he expects the jail population to increase instead of shrink. With the return to broken windows policing, his massive cuts to social services, and his frequent fear-mongering, he’s worked hard to make his prediction come true.” - Edwin Santana, Freedom Agenda 

The Star

“'The city caps the number of permits given to street vendors seeking to sell food or merchandise, and the waitlists to get them have more than 10,000 applicants each,' according to Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, deputy director of the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center."

Vice

“It's a perverse kind of insurance, almost like a bail bond,” Marika Dias, a housing attorney with the nonprofit Safety Net Project told Motherboard. “Tenants don't really have leverage, aren’t in a position of power to push back on something like this because they need the housing.”

Gothamist

“Darren Mack, Freedom Agenda co-director, said its network of advocates for incarcerated people hoped Mayor Eric Adams would work with the commission on its goals.”

Bronx Times

“The community at-large supports their local fruit and vegetables vendors because they see how hard they work and how they provide a service that is beneficial and not often available. The Street Vendor Project...state[d] to concerned residents that Council Member Velázquez...is one of the most powerful to influence changing vendor laws.”

The City

"[The process of] getting a video visit was a nightmare,’” Melissa Vergara [a member advocate with our Freedom Agenda project], whose son was locked up on Rikers last year, told THE CITY. “They’d [DOC] always cancel them. They’d alway say we don’t have enough staff.”