City Limits

"A recertification delay can lead to a lapse in benefits—a dangerous situation for recipients like Diana Ramos, a leader with the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center. Ramos has Type 2 diabetes and has yet to receive her SNAP for September...“I’m deathly afraid of my sugar bottoming out, and ending up in the hospital,” she told City Limits.

Newsbreak

Lander's letter asks for detailed information on licenses, waitlists, enforcement actions, and vendor engagement. He aims to hold the city accountable to Local Law 18 and advocate for fair treatment of street vendors...Mohamed Attia of the Street Vendor Project...support[s] Lander's call for a quick and fair implementation of Local Law 18.

Columbia Spectator

“He’s gotten away with not saying that he doesn’t want Rikers to close, even though all of his actions say that very thing,” [said John Proctor, the communications and digital organizing manager of the decarceration organization Freedom Agenda.]

Queens Daily Eagle

“'It seems that the new chair has the idea that his objective is to prevent the department from being portrayed in any negative way, which is not at all his job,' Sarita Daftary, the co-executive director of Freedom Agenda."

Columbia Spectator

Wells has worn many more hats than just Poster Man. He is a father, vendor, activist, a founder of the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project, a one-time sports agent, jazz fanatic, and former law student, he told Spectator on a recent Wednesday evening.

City Limits

“By not requiring schools to have genders and sexualities alliances, or pushing for inclusive curriculum in all schools, the DOE is refusing to take important steps proven to increase the health and safety of students.”