Market Watch

“Sex workers are heavily affected by measures such as social distancing and business shutdowns because they simply cannot go to their workplaces anymore, and are seeing a sharp decrease in their clients. Unlike employees from ‘mainstream’ businesses, many sex workers are not eligible for unemployment benefits,” says Lynn Liu, the development and communications associate at the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center in New York City.

Streets Blog NYC

Street vendors, who for decades have fought official harassment for the right to operate their businesses, must play a central role in any city effort to extend street and sidewalk dining. It’s simply a matter of equity.

NY1 Noticias

A pesar de que según datos de la organización Street Vendor Project, cerca del 90% de los puestos ambulantes en la ciudad cerraron por el brote de COVID19, Rolando y su esposa Ana no han dejado ningún día de vender fruta en la esquina de Wyona y New Lots en East new York.

VOA Indonesia

Direktur Eksekutif Street Vendor Project Urban Justice Center Mohamed Attia prihatin akan situasi itu. “Semua orang yang saya ajak bicara sepekan ini mengatakan ‘Kami tidak bisa membayar sewa rumah bulan ini dan kami tidak tahu bagaimana akan membayarnya.’”

Telemundo

La organización Street Vendor Project estimó que de unos 20,000 vendedores ambulantes de toda la ciudad un 90% había cerrado sus negocios por completo desde el inicio del brote.

NBC New York

The membership-based organization Street Vendor Project has estimated that of 20,000 street vendors across the city, 90% had shut down their business completely since the start of the outbreak in March.