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The Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project provides free legal help with domestic violence-related matters on the last Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with District 12 City Councilman Kevin Riley.City&State
"We are family members of people who died at Rikers. If Rikers had killed white people, the governor would close it, not condemn more people there." - Co-Authors Tamara Carter and Lezandre Khadu are members of Freedom Agenda.Yale University
This handbook seeks to support sex worker rights advocates, prosecutors, policy makers and other stakeholders to develop, influence, track and assess the operation and impact of DA non-prosecution policies so that they protect and promote sex workers’ rights and health..Yahoo! News
“We are seeing massive delays across the board with practically every single CityFHEPS voucher holder we’ve ever worked with,” said Helen Strom, advocacy director with the Justice Center’s Safety Net Project.MHP
Frequent criminal involvement is often due to a culmination of unmet needs—such as substance use disorder, homelessness, and health conditions—which is why early diversion or removal of an individual from the criminal legal system is best to disrupt the cycle.MHP Policy Brief
"People with mental health challenges are better served in the community than jail...With appropriate preventions and interventions, New York can reduce the number of people incarcerated who have mental health conditions, particularly Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and other marginalized communities."Springer
"The Sex Workers Project at the American ‘Urban Justice Center’ is an initiative that provides client-centred legal and social services to individuals who engage in sex-work, (regardless of whether they do so by choice, circumstance, or coercion), alongside taking an approach that is grounded in human rights."Jackson Heights Press
"On March 28, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards joined city agencies and the Street Vendor Project alongside the elevated 7 train on Roosevelt Avenue to announce the launch of the borough’s first Citibin installation."The City
"Mahmoud Mousa, who operates the cart, was testing the battery as part of a pilot program run by the nonprofit Street Vendor Project to explore the feasibility of replacing polluting generators with a quieter and less noxious power source."© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
