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UJC mentors groundbreaking projects that provide crucial direct legal services to vulnerable communities. Support our work: https://nitter.cf/t.co/2nbmERUoS2
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Urban Justice Center retweeted
The city's 23,000 street vendors are squeezed by skyrocketing permit costs and government getting in the way. That's part of why we're seeing "halalflation".
So I appointed Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez as our new Street Vendor Czar.
From the Street Vendor Project to now City Hall, Carina is a longtime fighter for street vendors. Together, we will make sure city laws and city government are on their side.
gothamist.com/news/new-era-f…
It’s time for street vendor reform in NYC. Tomorrow, the City Council is voting on a bill (Intro 431-B) that will do just that (and help with halal-flation). My Administration will make sure the work doesn’t stop with this bill and guarantee we process new licenses, staff our enforcement agencies, and allow street vendors—the heart of New York City—to operate with dignity.
What Is Brad Lander's Vision for NYC?
Learn more in a Special Episode of Beyond the Box, with our current Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate, @bradlander.
Apple → bit.ly/3FzvOJq
Spotify → bit.ly/3FzvOJq
YouTube → bit.ly/3XKrSfc
We are releasing this special episode before Season 2 officially premieres later this year, as Brad Lander has announced his campaign to replace Mayor Adams, and we may find ourselves soon in a special election.
As a nonprofit, we cannot and do not endorse any candidates. We share this interview solely to educate listeners as to the positions and experiences of a potential mayoral candidate.
Tune in to learn more or listen to past episodes at urbanjustice.org/podcast
The City Comptroller is a position of tremendous power, tasked with managing the city's fiscal health and rooting out corruption, fraud, and abuse across the entire city government - yet few people can even spell Comptroller, let alone know how important it is.
Urban Justice Center retweeted
This is a big deal. Super proud of my colleague @SiyaHegde and our partners at @UrbanJustice for leading the charge. #HousingNotHandcuffs
BREAKING: We’re suing the Eric Adams admin @NYCMayor to end the City’s cruel and unlawful homeless sweeps.
The only way to reduce homelessness and increase public safety is to ensure all people are safely housed. Full statement: homelesslaw.org/adamslawsuit…
Urban Justice Center retweeted
TODAY IN NYC: Join us along with @SafetyNetUJC and @UrbanJustice for a rally against the Adams admin’s cruel sweeps practices in Washington Square Park (on the West side) at 4 PM EST.
Urban Justice Center retweeted
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Local Law 42 takes effect today, July 28.
Join us to demand that DOC fully and effectively implement #LocalLaw42 to End Solitary.
We will rally on City Hall steps tomorrow, Monday, July 29, 12 pm.
Please arrive at 11:50 to go through security.
#rikers
Urban Justice Center retweeted
Thanks to the support of many organizations & @QnsBPRichards @MeeraCJoshi @CatalinaCruzNY @jessicaramosqns @votejgr we debuted the first of its kind “Community Vending Market” in with @QueensEDC
This major step forward is a testament to the power of organizing & small business
Urban Justice Center retweeted
Queens Borough President @DRichardsQNS believed in Corona Plaza as a true model for local economic development, by and for the people, and led his colleagues in government in dialogue about street vendor small businesses, fighting tooth & nail for street vendor reform
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We began meeting with City Agencies to ensure the work of the Plaza was sustainable, making progress towards formalizing the market
Yet one year ago, armed DSNY agents were deployed to displace the street vendor small businesses, leaving 100 families w/out income. We fought back
Urban Justice Center retweeted
How did we get here? Corona, Queens, was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Street vending became a source of survival
From struggle came unity, as we organized to set rules, add trash receptacles, distribute resources & host cultural events
nytimes.com/2023/04/25/dinin…
Urban Justice Center retweeted
Corona Plaza, where the power of working-class immigrant women is unstoppable
One year after the City displaced street vendors, we celebrated their hard-earned return with food, music & community at “CoronaTe” led by our partners at Elmhurst Corona Resource Collaborative 🫶
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Urban Justice Center retweeted
For more on how the Mayor is taking cues from the Manhattan Institute regarding Rikers, check out thread from last year
nitter.cf/FreedomAgendaNY/status…
If @NYCMayor is not listening to the New Yorkers most impacted by the continuing horrors of Rikers and the broad consensus of New Yorkers horrified by what’s happening there, who is he listening to? One is the richly funded pro-carceral think tank the Manhattan Institute. 1/
Urban Justice Center retweeted
The Manhattan Institute is a conservative think tank that consistently churns out bad faith arguments for keeping Rikers open and subjecting more people to its harms. This is who the Mayor is listening to when he resists the legal and moral mandate to #CloseRikers.
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman is a deputy commissioner in the Office of International Affairs.
Edgreen Kaufman has also steered nearly $3 million to the Manhattan Institute through a nonprofit foundation she runs with her husband.
@WillBredderman reports: hellgatenyc.com/adams-admin-…
Urban Justice Center retweeted
STATEMENT from Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack about the reported death of Charizma Jones #CloseRikers
Rikers Island detainee dies after jail "repeatedly ignored" requests for medical help: lawyers
Charizma Jones, 23, died Sunday after she suffered a medical episode while on Rikers
trib.al/AkskB9G
