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"The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (EARN IT) is being reintroduced in the senate...The EARN IT bill is heavily debated among security experts as it would make dangerous changes to the digital landscape and legal structure under the guise of protecting children." - The UJC Sex Workers Project signed and said they oppose this bill.PIX 11
"The Street Vendor Project is sponsoring an event to encourage customers to explore new neighborhoods. The second annual scavenger hunt begins on Saturday [and is ongoing]. People who want to participle can download information and maps and sign up with a team."The Progressive
When Melissa Hope Ditmore co-founded the Urban Justice Center Sex Worker Project in 2001, she initially focused on the intersection between human trafficking and the sex trades. It did not take her long to realize that trafficking extends to workers in manufacturing, farm work, door-to-door sales, prisons, and in-home domestic labor...New York Times
"But the vendor is also a business owner in your community, so rather than report him again, try having another conversation with him. Street vendors “don’t want to cause problems because they’re out there on the street everyday,” said Matthew Shapiro, the legal director of Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center. “The street is their business place.”City Limits
“We’ve seen this pattern before,” said Mohamed Attia, director of the Street Vendor Project (SVP), referring to increased enforcement seen in immigrant communities over the past few years, as previously reported by City Limits.1010 Wins
"Staff with Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project are working on getting Vails a CityFHEPS housing voucher — a rent assistance program that anyone sleeping on the street should be eligible for....[but] DHS is refusing to grant her a housing voucher until the agency can verify she is street homeless."Knight News
"It was not only a delicious event but an educational one as well. I learned about the importance of giving back and advocating for the Street Vendor Project which supports many small businesses and families in my community."Brooklyn Paper
"About 20,000 vendors work on the streets of the five boroughs, according to the Street Vendor Project. But most of them say they have no choice but to work in the shadows due to a decades-old city law capping the number of merchandise vendor licenses at 853, with few exceptions."Amsterdam News
“It’s unbelievable that Governor Hochul is holding the whole budget hostage just to lock up more Black and brown people in these deathtrap jails,” said Lezandre Khadu, advocate and member of Freedom Agenda."The New School
"As a matter of Fourth Amendment law, over 99.8 percent of ACS’s searches of families’ homes are “presumptively unreasonable” and therefore unconstitutional."© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
