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."New York Times
"The police “broke the law” by destroying vendors’ property without due process, said Katy Diaz, who works with the Street Vendor Project."PBS
"Reporter Nichole Currie meets an applicant who was finally able to access benefits after connecting with an advocate with the Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project."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..."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."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.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.”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.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."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."© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
