The City

“The seven summonses reported to the Street Vendor Project appear to be an early indication that the NYPD hasn’t trained officers to abide by the new law.”

Gothamist

“Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez will join an institution with which she has often been at odds, taking the helm of an office designed to educate street vendors about local laws and in multiple languages, replicating some of her work with the Street Vendor Project, but this time at scale.”

NY Times

“Street vending is part of the fabric of New York City, but for sellers it often comes with troubles: scams, crackdowns, immigration raids, arrests. Now an activist who has spent years trying to change the street vending system [at UJC's Street Vendor Project], Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, is joining the Mamdani administration.

Gothamist

“A spokesperson for the advocacy group, the Safety Net Project, said the city had issued more than 70 notices in the last week.”

Spectrum NY1

“It’s a huge step toward equity and justice for immigrants in New York City who now no longer have to fear going to criminal court for something as simple as serving tamales to provide for their families,” Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the co-director of the Street Vendor Project, said.”

QNS

“Council Member Shekar Krishnan joined street vendors and City Council colleagues on the steps of City Hall Monday afternoon to celebrate the enactment of a new law reducing criminal liability for street vendors, the first bill enacted as part of the Street Vendor Reform Package.”

Documented NY

“I can’t imagine NYPD officers with guns and handcuffs storming any other type of business, like a restaurant, demanding licensing,” Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, deputy director of the Street Vendor Project, said in a statement to Documented

NY Amsterdam News

“It starts at home,” said Ramos, a Safety Net Activist [with SNP]. She framed the “No More Crumbs” rally as part of an effort to rebuild the kind of mass, cross-neighborhood mobilization that shaped earlier welfare rights fights.

Gothamist

“I need help with the rent because I don't want to go back to the way I was,” Figueroa said. “I feel like a little mouse trapped in a corner with no way out.” Attorneys from the Safety Net Project, part of the organization Urban Justice Center, are representing Figueroa in housing court.

6SQFT

“In response to Adams’ veto, the Street Vendor Project, a non-profit that advocates for street vendors, said in a statement on Instagram: “Eric Adams has cemented his legacy as an anti-working-class, anti-immigrant mayor who does not give a damn about the people who run New York City."