The City
"Street sellers met with Ung last August to discuss concerns around street vending and to work with the Council member toward a solution, said Rui Li, an organizer with the nonprofit Street Vendor Project. But...the vendors had not heard from Ung since."NY Daily News
"The NYC Street Vendor Justice Coalition, which [includes UJC’s Street Vendor Project] organized the rally [and] called on lawmakers to implement its Street Vendor Reform platform."NY Daily News
"Freedom Agenda co-director Darren Mack agreed with Gerard and urged Adams to immediately take “tangible steps” toward winding down operations on Rikers. “These include permanently closing empty jails on Rikers as mandated by law, starting with the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility."City Limits
"Mohamed Attia, director of the Street Vendor Project, said increased enforcement threatens vendors’ livelihoods, both in the costs of the fines themselves, which can run as much as $1,000, and the disruptions to their workday. “That impacts their lives,” Attia said."NDLON
"The march was led by members of the FEW Coalition, which include organizations such as Make the Road New York, Street Vendor Project, NY Taxi Workers, Laborers Local 79, New Immigrant Community Empowerment, Desis Rising Up, Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network."Documented NY
"Inmigrantes que no tengan un número de seguro social, pueden tramitar la licencia usando un Número de Identificación de Contribuyente Individual, ITIN por sus siglas en inglés. Con su ITIN, necesitan aplicar para el certificado de autoridad de impuestos del estado de Nueva York antes de aplicar para la licencia de preparador de comida, dijo Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, Directora de la organización Street Vendor Project."Eater NY
"Tacos Estilo Chilapeno, from owner Lucio Gonazlez, specializes in beef barbacoa prepared in the style of his native Chilapa, Guerrero. Gonzalez, who was the subject of an article in the New York Times in 2021, was previously fined more than $2,000 for vending. An anonymous reader paid off those fees, and he’s since purchased a used cart to open the new business, per the Street Vendor Project."Stavros Niarchos Foundation
"With support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the Street Vendor Project got local street vendors to work preparing more than a thousand delicious, culturally appropriate meals a week to be distributed free in their communities in Brooklyn and the Bronx."Streets Blog
“'Seventeen months and you can’t create a process for a new permit — this is like insane,' said Mohamed Attia, [Director of the Street Vendor Project]."Binghamton
"'There were such an understanding throughout the pandemic of … a lack of social safety net for so many, hundreds of thousands of workers, who are paying into the system, who are paying their taxes, but in moments of crisis, were unable to have any sort of social safety net, and so we’re looking beyond crisis right, we’re looking for a permanent alternative,” said Carina Gutierrez, Deputy Director at The Street Vendor Project."© 2024 Urban Justice Center | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
