Family & Elected Officials Urged Board of Correction to Not Let Correction Dept Ban Love this Valentine’s Day

2023-02-22T22:02:21-05:00February 14th, 2023|News|

Office of the NYC Comptroller

"This mail variance is just a band-aid, instead of addressing the real issues. People inside are not getting proper care, and they’re not getting programs, so they are desperate for something to fill their time. DOC needs to address that issue, not put one more barrier between incarcerated people and their loved ones,” said Marco Barrios, a member of Freedom Agenda and Criminal Justice Advocate with the Mental Health Project Urban Justice Center."

VR-Y BAD! Virtual reality sex worker says she was ‘denied entry to US permanently’ for digital ‘prostitution’

2023-02-22T21:49:28-05:00February 14th, 2023|News|

The U.S. Sun

"And in the United States, that's just one of the many things Immigration looks for to deny visas – this is known as '"inadmissibility." This is a legal concept that "constitutes a broad array of immigration violations that can cover anything from polygamy to substance abuse to what immigration calls ‘engaging in prostitution,'" Clement Lee, the associate director of Immigration Legal Services at the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project, told Motherboard."

A Virtual Reality Sex Worker Was Denied Entry to the U.S. for ‘Prostitution’

2023-02-22T21:38:24-05:00February 14th, 2023|News|

Vice

"Clement Lee, the Associate Director of Immigration Legal Services at the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project, told Motherboard that sex workers confronting barriers to travel and obtaining visas is 'all too commonplace.'"

Advocates say ‘death is not enough’ for changes at Rikers Island after the New York City jail sees 1st fatality of 2023

2023-02-13T19:51:37-05:00February 8th, 2023|News|

Yahoo! News

“They need treatment, not jail,” Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda, one of the key organizations leading the campaign to close Rikers, said. “As long as Rikers remains open, more people are going to die.”

New Yorkers to City Council: Mayor Adams’ Directive on Involuntary Removal Is Inhumane and Dangerous

2023-02-13T19:59:07-05:00February 7th, 2023|News|

CUPR

“While Mayor Adams has billed this as a mental health directive, it is clear who the intended targets are: the city’s street homeless...these forced hospitalizations are another part of his plans to police our homeless neighbors out of sight without properly addressing their material needs...” testified Karim Walker with the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center.

The Street Vendor Project put New York City street vendors back to work preparing thousands of free meals for communities facing food insecurity.

2023-02-13T19:48:50-05:00February 7th, 2023|News|

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

"With support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the Street Vendor Project got local street vendors to work preparing more than a thousand delicious, culturally appropriate meals a week to be distributed free in their communities in Brooklyn and the Bronx."