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.””

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."

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."

QueensLatino

“Esta es la lista de los 15 latinos honrados, por orden alfabético: 1-Alfredo Astúa, doctor del Elmhurst Hospital, jefe de Atención Crítica Pulmonar y Sueño. 2-Carina Kaufman-Gutiérrez, líder comunitaria de Street Vendor Project del Urban Justice Center.”

Gothamist

"In October, six homeless New Yorkers and the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project sued the Adams administration in federal court, alleging the sweeps violated people’s due process and protections against unreasonable searches and seizures."

PBS

"The Street Vendor Project advocates so heavily to make sure...[you] can continue to work without looking over your shoulder constantly to see if NYPD or Department of Sanitation or the Parks Department is gonna come and give you $1,000 ticket and ruin your livelihood."

Morningstar

“Ann Biddle, a litigation supervisor at [Mental Health Project of] the Urban Justice Center, who specializes in Social Security disability law, said while Americans may be used to hearing that their credit-card data and name may have been hacked in a data breach, that's quite different from sensitive medical information being revealed broadly."

Bronx Times

“Like Rikers, the Boat has facilitated mass incarceration and dehumanization. Today’s announcement is a victory for all of our members who have suffered its harms, and raised their voices to call for its closure,” said Darren Mack, Co-Director of Freedom Agenda, said in a statement.”

Amsterdam News

“Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda, needs more assurance about Rikers’ closure. The borough-based jail advocate pointed to the 38 people who died in or immediately after DOC custody over the past three years, almost all of whom were held on Rikers Island.”

Mott Haven Herald

“That grief, anger, and an impulse to shield other families from the pain she knows are why she wants to see Rikers Island closed. Carter says she joined the jail reform group, the Freedom Agenda, to pursue this goal. “With Rikers, it’s a huge task; it’s a whole day of a visit,” she said."