Queens Chronicle

"The Department of Sanitation collects, recycles and disposes of our city’s waste,” the group said in a statement. “Small businesses run by immigrants, veterans and low-income New Yorkers are not trash.” Mohamed Attia, managing director of the Street Vendor Project, said the shift came as a surprise, and that “no one was consulted” on it."

Eater

"The Street Vendor Project, which advocates for street vendors in New York City, wrote in the comments section of the post, “Please return the $1,000 fines issued to churro ladies...”

Our Town

“Vendor advocates such as the Street Vendor Project were critical of the change, saying the sanitation department ought not to be policing small businesses.”

Brownstoner

"Carina Gutierrez, deputy director of the Street Vendor Project, said by becoming street vendors in their own communities, people...are able to stay connected to their neighbors and families who often share ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, and strengthen the community fabric."

Gothamist

“Street vendors are small businesses,” Mohamed Attia, director of the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center, told Gothamist. “Street vendors are not trash or recyclables that should be collected.”

Gothamist

“We are disappointed to see that once again, our city is fast to move on creating more enforcement for street vendors — yet fails to reform the unjust and arcane regulatory system, and provide opportunities for our city’s smallest businesses to thrive” - the Street Vendor Project."

Morning Express

"When I realized that my number 3488 on the waiting list was so high I thought I would never be able to receive a license...That is why we urge the Council to reform the street vendor industry so that we can work with dignity under a fair system,” said Goba, who is a member of the Street Vendors Project."

Morning News Outbreak

"Despite the mayor’s positive outlook, the Street Vendor Project, a prominent advocacy group, expressed disappointment in the move. They feel that the city is focusing too much on enforcement rather than reforming the regulatory system and providing more opportunities for small businesses to thrive."

Pix 11

"“All the agencies involved are doing enforcement and cracking down. There’s too much enforcement and not investment in formalizing the system,” said Mohamed Attia with the Street Vendor Project."

AM NY

"The vendors, organized by the Street Vendor Project, say that New York’s smallest small business owners are stymied by an outdated regulatory framework and preventing individual businesses, and the industry writ large, from reaching their fullest potential."