Together for Kingsbridge! We are thrilled to join in coalition with northwestbronx Pierina Sanchez NYC , NYCEDC to kick off the #TogetherForKingsbridge visioning & planning process

We’re working with our neighbors to ensure our smallest biz are part of reimagining the Armory

This is beautiful to see!

Political education on Fordham Road in the BX!

We are empowering street vendors to engage in determining their futures - educating on how our City's government works, our local representatives, and what role each representative holds!

Thank you Shahana Hanif 🦾 for joining our #ImmigrantRights Fund grantee partners for a “fireside chat” this morning!

Learn more about the Fund here: brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/immigrant-righ…

The streets are our classroom! Today we met w/ street vendors on Junction Blvd for an education session on siting regulations + vendor responsibilities

Visual, accessible information is key. We encourage the City to invest in education for our smallest biz - not only enforcement

Community partnership in action! SVP & the Corona Plaza Vendors Association partnered with NYC DOT The Hort Queens EDC to identify & remove any abandoned property and trash from Corona Plaza

Together we can make this treasured community space the best it can be

The Velasquez’s dream was to open a fruit & vegetable stand in the South Bronx

After *20 years* on the permit waitlist they were finally able to apply

Her husband didn’t live to see their dream come true

NYC Council must fix the system taking opportunity from working families

💥We're excited to announce that we are a finalist for Bklyn Community Fdn's $100K #SparkPrize !💥

Bklyn Community Fdn will also match donations to SVP up to $5K during its #BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday campaign!

Learn more here: brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/blog/2022/10/a…

🕯️Join us on Wednesday, November 2nd | 4-6pm for Dia de Muertos🕯️

📍Lowery Plaza from 4pm-4:15pm
📍Bliss Plaza 5 pm - 6 pm
📍Diversity Plaza 6pm- 7pm
📍Corona Plaza 6:30pm- 8 pm

Presented in collaboration with Sunnyside Shines Queens EDC NYC DOT

📽️Watch: Lauren Hodges on PPP loans & street vendors

'One group of borrowers is being left out of loan forgiveness'

Pandemic relief intended for small biz was not designed to include our country's smallest businesses, leaving vendors still deep in debt
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Thank you again to Michael Partis for facilitating a great dialogue with our guests, Willow Lung-Amam of @sbaninplace, Jennifer S. of Street Vendor Project, and Ray S. of EmpireStateDev!

It was a pleasure to have everyone in the Bronx! #BuildCommunityPower

Additionally, Salgado dispelled rumors that vendors and mom & pop shop don't get along. From her perspective, they have a good, supportive relationship that benefits the community at-large.

As part of our discussion Jennifer Salgado of Street Vendor Project, brought up the importance of surveying more members of the community to address their needs. The Street Vendor Project recently completed a Commercial District Needs Assessment (CDNA). #BuildCommunityPower

100+ days past due

nychealthy has yet to release new street vendor supervisory licenses. Vendors are issued $1,000 fines for working w/out one. Enforcement is targeting majority immigrant neighborhoods

The street vending system is broken & must be fixed bit.ly/3MLuP8y

Environmental justice - by vendors, for all!

Thank you CLIF BAR Family Foundation for supporting our work to secure healthy, energy efficient, and climate-resilient technology for NYC's street food vendors

Proud to join our familia Make the Road NY 🦋 at their Dignity and Community Power gala with Jessica Ramos!

Thank you Make the Road for all your incredible work and advocacy for immigrants in our city, state, and nation

In New York, street vendors won a new law to finally expand permits. A decades-long cap meant many had to operate in an underground economy. But the city has still not issued them. bit.ly/3goPdQI

My first piece for Mother Jones spotlights a decades-long fight to legalize street vending for thousands of workers in NYC.