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Why NYC Street Vendors Are Especially Vulnerable to ICE Raids
Eater
“While most advocacy for immigrant workers is taking place on the federal and state levels, the Street Vendor Project has a crucial package of legislation at City Council that would help protect immigrants by expanding access to licenses and permits to all street vendorsNew City Rules Make It Harder to Access ‘Low-Barrier’ Homeless Shelters: Lawsuit
City Limits
“Most homeless outreach interactions are not documented in City databases at all, and many homeless people...would not have their health conditions documented in City homeless databases,” the Safety Net Project said in a press release announcing the lawsuit.”Migrant Vendors Park Carts as Their American Dreams Slip Away
The City
“Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, deputy director of the nonprofit Street Vendor Project, called on the City Council to pass new laws to protect vendors, including one to repeal criminal liability for street vending and another to lift the city’s cap on vending licenses.”