NBC NY

“It is very important for New Yorkers to know the hard work that goes behind everything we see out there on the streets,” said Mohamed Attia....To help generate awareness, the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group that is a part of the Urban Justice Center, has created a street vendor scavenger hunt.”

WNYC

“RJ Thompson, managing director of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, helps break down some of the stigma surrounding sex work as well as how and why male sex workers are often left out of conversations around sex work.”

PIX 11

“Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez is deputy director with the Street Vendor Project. “This bill would make it so that street vendors who are following rules and regulations can acquire licenses and grow businesses,” she said.”

NY Times

“Then, as conditions worsened in the summer, the board canceled its July meeting and, for lack of a quorum, could not reschedule it for August. When the board finally met in September, advocates’ frustration was evident. That was when Victoria Phillips, who works with the Urban Justice Center, pleaded for the board to do its work before there were any more deaths... "Yes, they did put out a statement,” said Jennifer Parish, the director of criminal justice advocacy at the Urban Justice Center. “But there’s so much more that could have been happening along the way.”

The Jewish Voice

“As per the Times, there certainly appear to be violations at the jail—even personal hygiene rules and regulations about how long inmates can be in intake. “You’re the oversight!” said Dr. Victoria A. Phillips, who works with the Urban Justice Center. “Oversee this work. Make sure it happens. Please do it, before someone else dies.”

NY Times

“You’re the oversight!” Dr. Victoria A. Phillips, who works with the Urban Justice Center, testified. “Oversee this work. Make sure it happens. Please do it, before someone else dies.”

AM NY

“This latest controversy comes amidst the hellish conditions at Rikers Island that have left 14 incarcerated individuals dead this year. The Nov. 8 rally outside City Hall with a coalition of activist organizations including #HaltSolitary, the Freedom Agenda, and more took local government to task for the seeming lack of compassion.”

CR Fashion Book

"The two non-profits supported by the event are dedicated to community and social change...The Domestic Violence Project is a project from the Urban Justice Center to aid survivors in legal services, advocacy, and community education.”

La Prensa Latina

“Undocumented Latinos in the Big Apple have taken their struggle to the city’s streets and squares, to the homes and offices of politicians and now, to one of New York’s most prestigious cultural institutions, the Museum of Modern Art...Some of the posters come from organizations that wage the struggle and have collaborated with the artist and MoMA PS 1 in creating the installation: the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition, Make the Road, New York Communities for Change and the Street Vendor Project.”

NBC NY

“Want to support New York City’s most familiar hawkers? Lauren Scala reports on the New York City’s Street Vendor Project launching a scavenger hunt.”