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“A lot of people are living with that fear of this is their only method of survival at the moment. Most folks who are on the corridor are immigrants who really have no other option but to vend,” said Jennifer Salgado, a lead organizer at the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group.”NY Daily News
As next year’s budget is negotiated, our city faces an unacceptable status quo, in which our neighbors are languishing on Rikers for longer and longer periods of time, while effective and affordable alternatives exist.Queens Daily Eagle
"Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda, accused the mayor of paying “lip service to investing in mental health” while the “number of people with serious mental illness locked up at Rikers keeps growing under his watch.”Urban Resources Institute
"98% of all survivors of domestic or gender-based violence report that they have experienced some level of economic abuse…The majority of survivors cite that economic abuse is the primary reason that they stay in or return to an abusive situation...The bill is signed/supported by UJC’s Domestic Violence Project."The Imprint
"But the risks of a ballooning “well-being system” are likely higher. Child welfare systems can’t be wholly responsible for families in crisis. ACS has much to figure out about how it can do its core job while reducing trauma, limiting surveillance and respecting parents’ rights." - Nora McCarthy, Co-Founder, Family Policy ProjectStreetsBlog
"The Department of Transportation wants to ban street vendors from its bridges after NYPD temporarily ejected sellers from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade in January — raising the alarm for merchants who say they have fewer and fewer places to hawk their wares."NY 1
"According to the Street Vendor Project, a group representing a network of more than 2,000 street vendors, a vendor without a permit can be fined up to $1,000 for not having a license or permit."NY Daily News
“Darren Mack of Freedom Agenda called Rikers Island a “death camp.”Refinery29
“An acquaintance let me know there was a really big need for Spanish speakers to connect with street vendors who were impacted by Covid-19,” Steffany Cielo, Program Coordinator at New York City-based organization Street Vendor Project...In 2021, she officially joined the group, which was created through the Urban Justice Center to address recent increased vendor restrictions."NY Times
“Mariah Grant, the former director of research and advocacy for the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, a nonprofit law firm, said unionization could be a significant step forward but added, “I have concerns about the fact that it’s a mostly white-led effort.”© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
