Safety
Net
Project
We preserve and strengthen families and communities by fighting to prevent evictions, illegal rent increases, uninhabitable living conditions, and other attacks on our social safety net.
The Safety Net Project stands in unconditional solidarity in the fight against all forms of white supremacy and anti-blackness. With sorrow and rage, we recognize that the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and Ahmaud Arbery represent only some of the many Black lives lost to racist state violence in all its forms. We speak their names and the names of others like. Eleanor Bumper, Amadou Diallo, Kimani Grey, Eric Garner, Akai Gurley, David Felix, Delrawn Small, Deborah Danner, Saheen Vassell,and so many more killed by the NYPD. We mourn their deaths and we unequivocally condemn the racist policing apparatus that has taken so many Black lives. Read the rest of our statement of solidarity in the struggle for black lives.
Recent Press
“Una Verdadera Crisis De Hambre” Se Avecina Mientras 1.8 Millones De Neoyorquinos Enfrentan La Suspensión De Fondos De SNAP El Próximo Mes
Noticia NY
“Por su parte, Helen Strom, directora de la Unidad de Beneficios y Defensa de Personas sin Hogar del Urban Justice Center, advirtió que las nuevas reglas imponen un plazo imposible, y que “las decenas de miles de personas que llamen a la ciudad sobre los nuevos requisitos laborales solo saturarán aún más” las ya sobrecargadas oficinas de SNAP.”States Sue Trump Admin to Try to Stop Suspension of Food Stamps
NTD
“USDA’s unlawful action must not be allowed to stand,” Laboni Rahman, an attorney at the Legal Aid Society, which is representing food stamp recipients and the nonprofit Urban Justice Center-Safety Net Project, said in a statement."NYC Social Justice Group Sues USDA Over SNAP Work Requirement
Courthouse News
“On Monday, the [Safety Net Project of the] Urban Justice Center filed a lawsuit against USDA secretary Brooke Rollins seeking to prevent early termination of New York’s waiver and to certify a class of all SNAP recipients in New York City who have been classified as able-bodied adults without dependents before the state’s waiver expires.”Contact
Safety
Net
Project
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Main Office
40 Rector StreetNew York, NY 10006
Telephone: 646.602.5600
Email: [email protected]
Hours
M-F: 9:00AM-6:00PM
The Safety Net Project does not conduct client intake at our Rector Street Office. For information about our services and walk-in clinics, check out our legal clinic flyer.
