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Immigrant street vendors hustling to survive the pandemic
Yahoo! News
"Street vendors are the smallest businesses you can find in New York City. They are a real picture of what the American dream should look like for all immigrants who come to this country to try to start their own small businesses," said Mohamed Attia, who represents food cart workers in New York City through the Urban Justice Center's Street Vendor Project.Community Raises More than $10K for Bushwick Tamale Vendor Facing Eviction
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Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project set up a Go Fund Me page for Perez on March 24, and in just two weeks it has already surpassed its goal of $10,000 – with $10,772 donated so far. The page says Perez is a true community leader, “always helping other vendors and fighting for street vendor rights.”Brooklyn Raises $10K For Tamale Vendor Facing COVID, Eviction
The GoFundMe, set up by the Urban Justice Center's Street Vendor Project, had pulled in $10,772 in donations as of Wednesday for Sonia Perez, who has sold tamales on Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick for 20 years.
Aumentará número de vendedores ambulantes en las calles de New York City
La Calle TV
Varias organizaciones se han unido para bridarle un apoyo financiero a los miles de vendedores ambulantes de la ciudad de Nueva York. La firma de inversión y de servicios financieros, Morgan Stanley y la fundación Robin Hood establecieron una alianza con la Street Vendor Project de Urban Justice Center para donar miles de dólares a los vendedores ambulantes, según reseña Telemundo47.NYC Street Vendors Get Overdue Relief With New Permits Bill
Bloomberg CityLab
There’s still more work to be done for vendors, according to Matthew Shapiro, legal director for the Street Vendor Project, part of the nonprofit Urban Justice Center.New York’s Street Vendors Just Scored a Major Victory
Grub Street
The current cap (2,900 citywide vendors and 5,100 total permits) is also far less than the number of vendors working today, and the Street Vendor Project, a union and workers’ center that is part of the Urban Justice Center, estimates there are between 10,000 and 20,000 unlicensed vendors.Contact
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