Housing Managing Attorney – Safety Net Project
SNP’s Managing Attorney works with SNP’s Housing Director to develop, implement and oversee SNP’s systems for practice management, intake, grants and contract compliance, and data management.
Advocates Say ‘Chaos’ Is Mounting as Counties Implement New Snap Rules
NY Focus
“Diana Ramos, an activist with Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project and a SNAP recipient from the Bronx, called the ongoing rollout of the new rules in New York City a “chaos bin.”NYC Housing Advocates Protest Mamdani’s Pivot Away from CityFHEPS as Budget Crisis Threatens Rental Assistance Program
AM NY
“Calvin Michael, an activist with the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project, a collective of people who are currently and formerly unhoused, told amNewYork that if it weren’t for the CityFHEPS program that he would still be living in crowded, often unsafe city shelters.”Supervising Housing Attorney (Safety Net Project)
Our Safety Net Project is seeking applicants for the Supervising Housing Attorney position, to provide supervision and support to SNP’s Staff Attorneys and Paralegals in its landlord/tenant practice, while also maintaining a reduced litigation practice.
Housing Staff Attorney – Safety Net Project
The Safety Net Project is seeking housing staff attorneys who are looking for a creative and non-traditional environment, working with passionate and dedicated advocates in the fight against gentrification, displacement, and racist housing systems.
Mamdani Administration Restarts Homeless Encampment Sweeps at 11 NYC Sites
Gothamist
“A spokesperson for the advocacy group, the Safety Net Project, said the city had issued more than 70 notices in the last week.”‘No More Crumbs Rally’ Blasts SNAP Cutoffs After Work Rules Returned on March 1
NY Amsterdam News
“It starts at home,” said Ramos, a Safety Net Activist [with SNP]. She framed the “No More Crumbs” rally as part of an effort to rebuild the kind of mass, cross-neighborhood mobilization that shaped earlier welfare rights fights.Mamdani Faces Deadline on NYC Housing Vouchers After Reneging On Campaign Pledge
Gothamist
“I need help with the rent because I don't want to go back to the way I was,” Figueroa said. “I feel like a little mouse trapped in a corner with no way out.” Attorneys from the Safety Net Project, part of the organization Urban Justice Center, are representing Figueroa in housing court.Mamdani Reinstating Homeless Encampment Sweeps in Pledge Reversal
NY Daily News
“This is a big reversal and a big betrayal,” Helen Strom of the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project told the Daily News. “Some things from recent months were working and we were seeing them succeed in terms of opening up more low-barrier beds and single rooms, and being more flexible on meeting people where they were at."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.”