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“The videos, shared by the Street Vendor Project, came after officials shut down the stand being run by Diana Hernandez Cruz, who said she had worked there for five years.”

Everything Lubbock

“The videos, posted by the Street Vendor Project on Saturday morning, showed at least two DSNY workers tossing individual fruits and vegetables as well as crates of produce into the back of a garbage truck. The organization, which advocates for street vendors in New York City, alleged that thousands of dollars in fresh produce were trashed.”

NY Post

“The videos, shared by the Street Vendor Project, came after officials shut down the stand being run by Diana Hernandez Cruz, who said she had worked there for five years."

Eater NY

“What happened on Thursday is an example of city failure on several levels,” Mohamed Attia, the director of the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project, said in a statement. “The city has failed street vendors for decades and is still failing them till this moment.

CBS New York

"One out of five people go hungry every day, so this is really crazy for people, for community members to walk around and see,” said Mohamed Attia, director of the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center."

ABC 7 News

"Instead of giving her the opportunity to formalize her business, get a permit, she is being criminalized," said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez of the Street Vendor Project [of the Urban Justice Center].”

Por ejemplo, los trabajadores que han aplicado usando un idioma distinto al inglés han recibido notificaciones en inglés y en algunos casos los trabajadores han perdido la oportunidad de hacer cambios a sus aplicaciones porque no entendían el mensaje que se les había enviado. “Cuando ella vino a preguntarnos ya se había cumplido el tiempo de respuesta que tenía y no se pudo modificar”, explica Carina Kaufman-Gutiérrez, directora adjunta del Street Vendor Project.

Next City

Carina Kaufman-Gutierez, deputy director of the UJC's Street Vendor Project, said the fact that that program disburses money through the Department of Labor rather than non-profits was important and one of the key advocacy areas of the coalition. This would reflect the state’s long-shirked responsibility to undocumented immigrants, she says.