The City

“'A lot of vendors said, ‘What do you mean that Sanitation will take over? We’re not trash,’” Mohamed Attia, executive director of the Street Vendor Project, told THE CITY."

NY Daily News

"The pain of losing my son has been unimaginable. But it deepens my pain to hear Mayor Adams talking about creating a “Plan B” to closing Rikers, and pointing to shootings like those that killed my son as the reason.” - Peggy Herrera, advocate and member of Freedom Agenda

Queens Daily Eagle

“Six more years of humanitarian catastrophe at Rikers Island is unacceptable,” said Edwin Santana, a community organizer with Freedom Agenda."

Caribbean Life

“I have long dreamed of owning a food truck where I could sell West African pastries and beignets,” said Marie Rose Goba, Bronx street vendor and member of the Street Vendor Project."

Queens Daily Eagle

“I always felt like a criminal being targeted by the NYPD for minor violations that are minimal as being few inches away closer to the crosswalk than on supposed to be,” said...Mohammad Attia, a former vendor who now works at the Street Vendor Project."

NY Amsterdam News

"Rally speakers included representatives of several organizations involved in the campaign...including Freedom Agenda co-director Darren Mack, who MC’d the demonstration."

Daily Meal

"Please return the $1,000 fines issued to churro ladies," reads the first comment on the "We Love NY" Instagram post that claims to "love" the subway's churro vendors. It was posted by the Street Vendor Project."

Queens Chronicle

"The Department of Sanitation collects, recycles and disposes of our city’s waste,” the group said in a statement. “Small businesses run by immigrants, veterans and low-income New Yorkers are not trash.” Mohamed Attia, managing director of the Street Vendor Project, said the shift came as a surprise, and that “no one was consulted” on it."