Gothamist

“Street vendors are New York City’s smallest businesses, but among the most heavily regulated and enforced.” said Matthew Shapiro, legal director for the nonprofit Street Vendor Project."

CNN

"Mohamed Attia, of the Street Vendor Project, said the vendor told him he did not instigate the conversation with Seldowitz... [the vendor] doesn’t speak English well and for that reason doesn’t engage in many conversations with his customers, let alone complicated and nuanced conversations about war."

Axios

"Mohamed Attia, the managing director of the Street Vendor Project advocacy group, posted on X Tuesday that Seldowitz had been harassing the vendor for two weeks."

Al Jazeera

"The Street Vendor Project, which works with the thousands of food carts in New York, described a “moving scene” with New Yorkers from “all walks of life coming together” and “taking a stand against anti-Muslim hate.”

NY SD

"The foundation gave the Neighborhood Leadership Award...to Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez of Street Vendor Project, who has as worked to pass city and state legislation to reform the street vendor industry and to create a relief fund for excluded workers."

Documented NY

"Street vendors are often on the street at all hours of the day, so they are more vulnerable to physical attacks, Mohamed Attia, Managing Director of the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center, explained."

EINNews

"The Foundation gave the Neighborhood Leadership Award to...Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez of Street Vendor Project, who has as worked to pass city and state legislation to reform the street vendor industry and to create a relief fund for excluded workers."

StreetsBlog

“There are currently no specific vending laws or rules for bridges. The department should create some rather than enact a blanket ban on vending,” said Matthew Shapiro, the legal director of the Street Vendor Project, an organization within the Urban Justice Center."

Marketplace

"The Street Vendor Project’s director, Carina Gutierrez, estimated that there are currently at least 20,000 food and merchandise vendors operating in New York City, but only about 6,000 city permits available for them (5,100 of those are for mobile food vendors)...The city isn’t accepting any new applications, and the waiting list is closed."

BK Daily Eagle

In July, Matthew Shapiro, legal director of the Street Vendor Project, told the Eagle that the vendors provided “ a vital service” to tourists, adding, “A lot of people depend on this location to make a living and support their families.”