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Unlicensed But Essential: Street Vendors Seek Reform Amid Enforcement Fears
QNS Daily
"It’s created a system where vendors are forced to operate outside of it,” said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, Deputy Director of the Street Vendor Project (SVP). “No matter what they do, they’re going to be persecuted. They’re going to be potentially fined, and potentially have their materials confiscated.””
NYC DOC Confirms Two Additional Deaths On And In Transit To Rikers Island
Norwood News
"Also reacting to the news was Freedom Agenda, an advocacy group for incarcerated people. A spokesperson said Kelly and Maldanado became the sixth and seventh people to die “in DOC custody” this year. They said forty people have now died in custody since NYC Mayor Eric Adams took office."Rikers Island Sees Two More Inmate Deaths In 78 Minutes – Prompting More Investigations And Outrage
AM NY
"In a statement Saturday, Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack blasted Rikers Island as a “death camp,” and expressed concern that more deaths may come due to the anticipated heat wave in Rikers facilities that are “already crammed to capacity."
