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.Gothamist
[Freedom Agenda member] Loray Hodge said her son — who is currently detained at the OBCC facility on Rikers — told her there are “worms and bugs” in the food. She and other family members are currently sending him about $100 per week to spend at the commissary, she said.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.”NY Daily News
"The groups — which include the New York Working Families Party, Urban Justice Center, VOCAL-NY and the Bronx Defenders — decried the 60-day rule as denying migrants access to the right to shelter."Amsterdam News
"A spokesperson for Freedom Agenda...pointed to the Mayor’s frequent use of a Bishop Desmond Tutu quote about going “upstream” to address Rikers’ problems as an initial, unfulfilled indicator for alternatives to incarceration."News 12
"The barge is going to close, but what's up with Rikers," said Edwin Santana, community organizer for the Freedom Agenda and a formerly incarcerated person at Rikers and the Vernon C. Bain Center. "Don't just deal with one problem and neglect the next issue..."© 2023 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
