City Limits
Marika Dias, managing director of the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project, says there are two key categories of tenants that are not covered under the new eviction moratorium: tenants who were being evicted for anything that doesn’t relate to nonpayment of rent (also known as holdover cases) and tenants unable to show that they have faced a financial impact due to COVID-19.Gothamist
"At the Atlantic Avenue station Friday night, warming buses were not even an option for homeless people because it's not an end-of-line station, said one staffer with the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project."New York Times
Craig Hughes, a supervising social worker at the Urban Justice Center, said city workers should be offering masks and gloves to everyone they approach and giving blankets to people who do not go to shelters and were now deprived a subway car’s warmth.NY Post
“We’ve increasingly spoken with homeless folks who reject safe haven beds because they fear contracting COVID in these shared spaces,” said Craig Hughes of the Urban Justice Center.The New York Times
The city is trying to mitigate the health risk at shelters by moving thousands of people into hotel rooms that are empty because of a lack of tourists. Urban Justice Center, an advocacy group, said the city had not opened enough rooms; the group has raised about $60,000 for more.We write today to urge the Assembly and Senate to pass the Protect Our Courts Act (S425A/A2176), a bill that will ensure equal access to state court proceedings regardless of immigration status.
Queens Daily Eagle
“While these are certainly steps in the right direction, they are nowhere near what the city could and should be doing right now,” said Craig Hughes, a supervising social worker at the Urban Justice Center Safety Net Project.City Limits
Advocates for the homeless like VOCAL-NY, Human.nyc, and the Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center have spoken out about their concerns regarding the need for greater assistance to New Yorkers who are homeless and have been able to access the city’s hotel program.El Diario
“Los vendedores ambulantes son padres, cuidadores, miembros de la comunidad y líderes que mantienen seguras nuestras calles de la ciudad de Nueva York. Como propietarios y trabajadores de pequeñas empresas, contribuyen con importantes impuestos a las economías estatales y locales”, dijo Carina Kaufman-Gutiérrez, del proyecto de vendedores ambulantes del Urban Justice Center.Next City
“Thousands of street vendors in New York City will be excluded from receiving support due to their immigration status, despite their enormous contribution to the culture and economy of NYC, and [despite] the fact that they pay taxes on their businesses using Individual Taxpayer Identification Number,” the Street Vendor Project said in its campaign statement.© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
