The City

"According to Matthew Shapiro, legal director for the Street Vendor Project, the issuing of tickets by the 34th Street Partnership is unprecedented.  “It’s kind of crazy to me because the city agencies are the ones that issue these tickets, not private organizations.”

NY Daily News

“People have been really struggling, said Mohamed Attia, executive director at the Street Vendor Project.

News 12

"Marilu Yung said she also left her stand early on Wednesday due to the smoky air. The Street Vendor Project says their commitment to working despite the conditions is reigniting the conversation about protections for essential workers."

BK Magazine

“Real community is we work with The Street Vendor Project, a nonprofit that represents all the street vendors throughout New York City, and we bring equity by telling Samsung, “Hey, we’re going to do an event with y’all.” Cool, they give us $15 000 so we could hire street vendors and pay them their fair share..."

Birgle Legal

"In 1999, a first initiative of making law more accessible through design was created by the designer Candy Chang for the Street Vendor Project in NYC. The challenge was to make the piles of legislation applicable to street vendors, for whom English was not necessarily their mother tongue, more accessable and understandable."

"The Nail Salon Minimum Standards Council Act [supported by UJC's Street Vendor Project]…would establish a council made up of nail salon workers, salon owners and government representatives to recommend minimum wages and safety standards for the industry."

NY Daily News

“A lot of people are living with that fear of this is their only method of survival at the moment. Most folks who are on the corridor are immigrants who really have no other option but to vend,” said Jennifer Salgado, a lead organizer at the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group.”

StreetsBlog

"The Department of Transportation wants to ban street vendors from its bridges after NYPD temporarily ejected sellers from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade in January — raising the alarm for merchants who say they have fewer and fewer places to hawk their wares."

NY 1

"According to the Street Vendor Project, a group representing a network of more than 2,000 street vendors, a vendor without a permit can be fined up to $1,000 for not having a license or permit."

Refinery29

“An acquaintance let me know there was a really big need for Spanish speakers to connect with street vendors who were impacted by Covid-19,” Steffany Cielo, Program Coordinator at New York City-based organization Street Vendor Project...In 2021, she officially joined the group, which was created through the Urban Justice Center to address recent increased vendor restrictions."