What’s Behind This $10 Chicken Over Rice? An $18000 Permit.
NY Times
"Mohamed Attia, the managing director of the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group, said the changes would be transformative."Frustrated Street Vendors In The Bronx Waiting Decades For Licenses
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.Ex-Obama Official Stuart Seldowitz Gets Plea Deal In NYC Hate Crime Case
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."New York City’s Halal Food Vendors Brush Off Hate And Forge Forward
Middle East Eye
"Mohamed Attia, managing director of the Street Vendor Project, or SVP, says that while these incidents are alarming, vendors typically don’t report them, making them virtually impossible to track."Report Says NYC Would Reap Millions By Lifting Cap On Vendor Permits
Gothamist
"Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the deputy director of the Street Vendor Project, called the existing system “very dysfunctional.” “It creates conflict,” she said. “It creates disorder.”Controversial Street Vending Bills Could Modestly Boost City’s Economy, Report Finds
Crain's
"The average annual profit for all street vendors in the city was about $8,000 as of 2019, according to the Street Vendor Project."Where The Banned Brooklyn Bridge Vendors Went
Curbed
"The managing director of the Street Vendor Project, Mohamed Attia, says the majority of vendors who have moved to the block appear to be abiding by the law. They are licensed, allowed to keep late hours, and permitted to use generators."Lifting The Cap On Street-Vendor Permits Would Bring In $17M, IBO Finds
The Chief Leader
"Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez [of the Street Vendor Project] argued that reforming the street vending industry could be a “great opportunity for the mayor to deliver results for working class New Yorkers and make a change that will better their lives.”Unlicensed Vendors At Grand Army Plaza Lament Holiday Crackdown
Gothamist
“It is incredibly complicated. It's more inaccessible than not,” said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, deputy director of the Street Vendor Project. “It's very much these layers of red tape that make it incredibly complicated just for an average vendor to operate.”Vendedores Ambulantes Del Puente De Brooklyn Se Oponen A Ser Desalojados: “No Es Justo”
Univision
Eric Nava Pérez, del [Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center], que representa a 3,000 vendedores ambulantes, expresó que se oponen a la propuesta de la Ciudad de Nueva York para desalojarlos y apunta que "deberían solicitar propuestas de los mismos vendedores".