Hundreds of NY Judges Allow Evidence Later Deemed Illegal, Report Finds

2024-09-16T16:11:34-04:00September 16th, 2024|News, SCTNZ News|

Gothamist

"Scrutinize Executive Director Oded Oren said trial court judges are supposed to ensure that criminal cases don’t rely on evidence police collected illegally, so officers will be deterred from doing it again in the future. If judges don’t, he said, everyone’s constitutional rights are at risk."

Queens Street Vendors Fight Back as NYPD Crushes Food Carts

2024-09-16T15:57:45-04:00September 13th, 2024|News|

Documented NY

"Street Vendor Project’s Deputy Director Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez says that when they destroyed the vendors’ carts without an opportunity to contest the seizure, the 115th Precinct repeatedly violated the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution..."

‘No Somos Criminales’

2024-09-16T16:03:08-04:00September 11th, 2024|News|

Queens Latino

"La conferencia de prensa fue organizada por Street Vendor Project del Urban Justice Center. Argumentan que la policía viola la enmienda 14 de la Constitución y los protocolos de vales de propiedad."

No Criminal Charges for Rikers Guards Who Failed to Save Bleeding Man, AG Says

2024-09-16T15:47:39-04:00September 11th, 2024|News|

Gothamist

"No one should be sent to a place where guards aren't required — and aren't compelled by their own sense of humanity — to try to save someone who is bleeding to death," Darren Mack [cofounder of Freedom Agenda] said.

Street Vendors Gather in Corona to Protest Alleged Harassment by NYPD

2024-09-16T16:01:36-04:00September 10th, 2024|News|

Jackson Heights Post

“We very rarely see incidents like this,” said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, deputy director of Street Vendor Project. “The NYPD should have have taken the property back to the precinct... [not] thrown her property directly into the trash.”

NYPD Violated Laws When Policing Street Vendors, Advocates Say

2024-09-16T15:59:31-04:00September 9th, 2024|News|

Queens Daily Eagle

“If something was confiscated the way that it was, in this case, the vendors should have by law, the ability to go through a process of defending their rights,” Street Vendor Project’s Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez told reporters on Monday.

Street Vendors Protest Against Over-Policing in New York City

2024-09-16T15:56:17-04:00September 9th, 2024|News|

Pix 11

"The protesters, who are members of the Street Vendor Project organization, said that the NYPD 115th Precinct, in particular, overpoliced the vendors in eastern Queens. They noted that overzealous enforcement is an issue city-wide."

Street Vendors In Queens Contend the NYPD Is Illegally Trashing Their Seized Carts

2024-09-16T15:51:17-04:00September 9th, 2024|News|

Gothamist

"Alvarado is among at least five vendors along Junction Boulevard in Corona whose carts have been confiscated and trashed by the NYPD in recent weeks, according to the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group."