CBS

"Street Vendor Project Deputy Director Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez said the four-month shutdown devastated vendors economically. "These are folks who live and work in the community, who are raising their families here. It's primarily immigrant women."

NY Times

"The city’s plan could nevertheless become a model for other informal markets across New York, where vendors often operate illegally because they are unable to obtain permits, said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the deputy director of [UJC's] Street Vendor Project."

NY1

“All the vendors here in Corona Plaza live in Corona,” said Matthew Shapiro, legal director at the Street Vendor Project. “So they’re serving foods from their native country. They’re selling merchandise to members of the community."

Jackson Heights Post

"We look forward to growing our collaboration with all involved in this project to make the market an example for the entire city, and to continue contributing to the economy of our neighborhood, Corona, Queens,” [said Rosario Troncoso, board president of the Corona Plaza Street Vendors Association and a member of the Street Vendor Project ofthe Urban Justice Center.]"

NYC Mayor

“The Corona Plaza Street Vendors Association is grateful to the elected officials and partners for their support for our community’s street vendors, most of whom are immigrant mothers,” said Rosario Troncoso, board president, Corona Plaza Street Vendors Association and member, Street Vendor Project, Urban Justice Center.

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."