City & State

"Today, Salgado is the lead organizer for the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project, mobilizing on behalf of people like her mother – poor, vulnerable immigrants in the South Bronx."

Eater

"Hire a street vendor for your next event: The Street Vendor Project, a non-profit working with over 3,000 vendors in New York, has a new initiative meant to connect its members with catering opportunities in the city."

The City

“My biggest fear is that I’ll get arrested for working without a license,” MD Nasir Uddin, who supports his family of five including his three younger siblings, told THE CITY in Bengali through an interpreter from the nonprofit Street Vendor Project."

Hell Gate

"The reduced hours have also had an impact on the neighborhood's residents, many of whom live in shared rooms without access to a kitchen and rely on street food. "That's really the bread and butter for the vendors," said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, deputy director of the Street Vendor Project. "It's not just income for the vendors. It's also for the community."

Jackson Heights Post

“Street vendors belong to Corona Plaza. We’re pleased to see the City take affirmative steps toward keeping entrepreneurs active there in the long term,” Street Vendor Project Managing Director Mohamed Attia said."

Social Life Project

"Following public outcry, the New York City agencies working with Queens Economic Development Corporation and the Street Vendor Project, developed a new permit mechanism that enables the non-profit Corona Plaza Vendors Association to operate legally on Corona Plaza as a formal market."

The City

"Krishnan’s bill would decriminalize unlicensed vending and selling at the wrong place and the wrong time. It would only have reach above ground, according to Mohamed Attia, managing director of the non-profit Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center, who said the bill would still let the police enforce laws against the sale of counterfeit goods and vending within MTA stations."

NY Times

"Mohamed Attia, the managing director of the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group, said the changes would be transformative."

CBS

"Looking at the investment that's going into enforcing these small businesses, rather than investment in providing them access with business licensing. This is really a shift that needs to happen," said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the deputy director of Street Vendor Project.

Erie News Now

"Seldowitz had been harassing the vendor for two weeks, according to the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group representing street vendors across New York City. Mohamed Attia, of the Street Vendor Project, told CNN the vendor said he did not instigate the conversation with Seldowitz."