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Behind 94 Acts of Shocking Violence, Years of Glaring Mistakes
NY Times
"When [Freedom Agenda member] Nathaniel Evans, 51, started as a peer specialists for one of those teams, run by a nonprofit called CASES, in 2019, he shared a caseload of more than five dozen people, he said. One of his clients was a man named Elijah Muhammad."
New York Women’s Foundation Annual Neighborhood Dinner honors the change makers of Queens
EINNews
"The Foundation gave the Neighborhood Leadership Award to...Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez of Street Vendor Project, who has as worked to pass city and state legislation to reform the street vendor industry and to create a relief fund for excluded workers."
Activists Hold Jail Reform Rally In Washington Square Park
NY1
“So often we hear the horrible stories of what goes on in Riker’s island and the New York City Department of Correction,” said Chaplain Dr. Victoria Phillips, a social justice activist [with the Mental Health Project of UJC]. “But we don’t truly hear the names of loved ones who lose their lives in those conditions, those horrible, barbaric conditions that they’re often placed in.”Rally Held to Call for Justice for Inmates Who Have Died on Rikers Island
CBS News
"I got the worst call September 22nd that my son was dead. I didn’t get a call from DOC. I didn’t get a call from any commissioner. I got a call from a friend in there that was frantic,” [Freedom Agenda member Lezandre Khadu] said."
Full Package of Rental Voucher Laws Not On Mayor’s Agenda, Despite Veto Override
City Limits
The impending showdown is frustrating for Patricia Glover, a member of the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Activists, and a CityFHEPs voucher holder. She spent 18 months in shelter before moving into an apartment with her voucher in March 2022. “That could be so long and drawn out that people are going to fall by the wayside,” she said.Bridge Vending Ban Gains Public Support As Vendors Beg For Compromise
StreetsBlog
“There are currently no specific vending laws or rules for bridges. The department should create some rather than enact a blanket ban on vending,” said Matthew Shapiro, the legal director of the Street Vendor Project, an organization within the Urban Justice Center."