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Many grocery workers have been on edge over their continued exposure to fellow New Yorkers. Street vendors have similar concerns. None yet have tested positive for the virus, according to Mohamed Attia, executive director of the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project, as far as he knew.The Indypendent
The Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project reports that NYPD is continuing to regularly clear homeless camps — a routine practice that advocates say explicitly disregards recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWashington County Enterprise Leader
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, my colleagues and I handed out water on Lower Broadway. We were lawyers who served some of the poorest communities in New York, but quenching the thirst of stunned victims proved to be the best thing we could do at the time.Time Magazine
Egyes, 38, says she first met Borjas while working for the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center. At the time, Egyes remembers she was representing two incarcerated transgender women; Borjas “just showed up” with a much-needed birth certificate for one of the women, pulling it out of the Mary Poppins roller bag she always carried with her.The City
“They’re pushed into drop-in centers that are struggling, but are also a dangerous environment for the spread of this virus,” Craig Hughes of the nonprofit Urban Justice Center told THE CITY.NY Daily News
“It’s an essential service,” said Kiana Davis. a policy analyst with the Urban Justice Center. “People should be able to access the centers. Having fewer centers means more overcrowding in the centers that are open.”Gay City News
VOCAL-NY, Communities United for Police Reform, Neighbors Together, human.nyc, Picture the Homeless, and Safety Net Activists at the Urban Justice Center offered specific recommendations in an open letter to Cuomo and de Blasio: Immediately provide services to folks living on the streetNews 12
Mohamad Attia, executive Director of the Street Vendor Project at Urban Justice Center, says his team has been reaching out to government officials for some relief for the street vendors. He says they want grants for vendors, freezes on rent, mortgages and utility bills, for all NYPD and Health Department enforcement to be put on hold, and for all fines issued to be put on hold as well.Business Insider
New York City is home to more than 10,000 street vendors, which include food trucks, hot dog vendors, flower vendors, and book vendors, according to the SVP, a part of the Urban Justice Center, which provides legal aid and advocacy for marginalized communities.The City
“There’s an age-old belief that if you provide these services they make the streets more comfortable,” said Craig Hughes, supervising social work at the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project. “That kind of belief system is cruel. Realistically, people are just surviving.”© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
