Morning News Outbreak

"Despite the mayor’s positive outlook, the Street Vendor Project, a prominent advocacy group, expressed disappointment in the move. They feel that the city is focusing too much on enforcement rather than reforming the regulatory system and providing more opportunities for small businesses to thrive."

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"“All the agencies involved are doing enforcement and cracking down. There’s too much enforcement and not investment in formalizing the system,” said Mohamed Attia with the Street Vendor Project."

AM NY

"The vendors, organized by the Street Vendor Project, say that New York’s smallest small business owners are stymied by an outdated regulatory framework and preventing individual businesses, and the industry writ large, from reaching their fullest potential."

The City

"Street sellers met with Ung last August to discuss concerns around street vending and to work with the Council member toward a solution, said Rui Li, an organizer with the nonprofit Street Vendor Project. But...the vendors had not heard from Ung since."

NY Daily News

"The NYC Street Vendor Justice Coalition, which [includes UJC’s Street Vendor Project] organized the rally [and] called on lawmakers to implement its Street Vendor Reform platform."

NY Daily News

"Freedom Agenda co-director Darren Mack agreed with Gerard and urged Adams to immediately take “tangible steps” toward winding down operations on Rikers. “These include permanently closing empty jails on Rikers as mandated by law, starting with the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility."

NY Daily News

"Freedom Agenda co-director Darren Mack agreed with Gerard and urged Adams to immediately take “tangible steps” toward winding down operations on Rikers. “These include permanently closing empty jails on Rikers as mandated by law, starting with the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility."

NY Daily News

"We urge the mayor to implement these recommendations, and to follow through on the plan to close Rikers that was shaped by people from the communities most affected by under-investment and over-incarceration." - Op-Ed by Darren Mack, Freedom Agenda

El Pais

"El Sex Workers Project, una organización de apoyo con sede en Nueva York, halló que las prostitutas de todo el mundo tienen entre un 45% y un 75% de posibilidades de sufrir violencia en el trabajo."