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Hundreds of NY Judges Allow Evidence Later Deemed Illegal, Report Finds
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."
Can New York City Street Vendors Survive a Police Crackdown?
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."
What It Takes to Treat Serious Mental Illness
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."Queens Street Vendors Fight Back as NYPD Crushes Food Carts
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’
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
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.