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
What’s Next for New Yorkers on SNAP?
NY Focus
“My brain just couldn’t wrap itself around what the heck was going on,” said Diana Ramos, an activist with Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project and a SNAP recipient from the Bronx.”Millions in Overtime, Thousands of Vacancies: Inside NYC’s Overstretched Social Services Agency
The City
"When I tried to call HRA to address the issue in 2023, I waited on hold for four to five hours but only to be hung up on,” said Diana Ramos, an activist with the Safety Net Project and a SNAP recipient."NYC Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Bill Capping Rents for Voucher Holders
City Limits
“We have New Yorkers struggling right now,” said Diana Ramos, a member of the Safety Net Activists of the Safety Net Project and a CityFHEPS voucher holder (though she wasn’t impacted by the rule change). “Housing people is cheaper than leaving someone to rot in the shelter.”Contact
Safety
Net
Project
We welcome your questions and comments
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.
