Seventh Person Held on Rikers Dies This Year
Amsterdam News
"A Campaign to Close Rikers organizer—Freedom Agenda’s Ashley Conrad—recalled knowing Ubiera when they were youngsters living in Queens..."Amsterdam News
"A Campaign to Close Rikers organizer—Freedom Agenda’s Ashley Conrad—recalled knowing Ubiera when they were youngsters living in Queens..."NYC SBS
"This webinar builds on the successful partnership between SBS and community organizations such as the Street Vendor Project, which was awarded a Merchant Organizing Grant to promote street vendor outreach and education..."Next City
"Before the pandemic, there were at least 20,000 street vendors in New York, according to the Street Vendor Project, a citywide organization of street vendors that pushes for more vendor-friendly regulations. The true number is likely higher..."Pro Publica
"In Maryland and Wisconsin, for instance, workers are allowed to place a lien on their employers’ personal property to secure the payment of back wages. This has proven to be effective, according to a 2015 report by the Legal Aid Society, Urban Justice Center and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice."City Limits
"The Safety Net Project is grateful for Judge Rearden’s order, she added, but disappointed in the timeline it sets forth. 'To say that HRA has until March 2024 to figure this out—it’s just not good enough, given the severity and impact on clients.'”Queens Chronicle
"Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez of UJC's SVP called for coverage of activity at the plaza Thursday night. They pointed to a measure passed by the City Council in 2021 that lifted a citywide cap that had limited vendor permits to 3,000 citywide since 1983."The City
"The conflict between street sellers and their local opponents came to a crescendo in Corona when vendor advocates learned that Stephanie De La Nuez, a neighborhood coordination officer at the 110th Precinct, was working with a neighborhood group called the Neighbors of the American Triangle to target them, according to...SVP."The Root
"NYC Jails Action Coalition [co-founded by our Mental Health Project] held a rally after the recent deaths of two detainees at Rikers Island."Queens Chronicle
"Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst) and Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez of the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project called for coverage of activity at the plaza Thursday night."The City
"Joule Case also provided the batteries that are at the center of an experiment run by the Street Vendor Project to replace gas or diesel generators in food carts."