City Limits

"Ethel Brown, a member of the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Activists, accused the mayor of a “bait and switch” in a statement late Friday. Her organization is a strong proponent of the City Council’s broader voucher reform package."

NY Daily News

"The [Safety Net Project of the] Urban Justice Center previously obtained data showing the city had about 2,600 empty supportive housing units in November 2022, indicating vacancy levels in the system have stayed nearly flat for months."

The City

"Karim Walker is an organizing and outreach specialist for the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center. His job is to work mostly with New Yorkers living on the streets — a job that takes lots of communication, care and empathy, he told FAQ."

Out Front Media

"Forcing people off the trains into the freezing cold does not help the homeless,” Peter Malvan, an organizer with the group the Safety Net Project said last year. “Policing does not get people safely housed.”

New York Times

 “'There was no empathy on that train car,' said Karim Walker, an organizing and outreach specialist at the Urban Justice Center, who works with people who are homeless. There should be accountability for the death of Mr. Neely, he said."

1010 Wins

"Staff with Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project are working on getting Vails a CityFHEPS housing voucher — a rent assistance program that anyone sleeping on the street should be eligible for....[but] DHS is refusing to grant her  a housing voucher until the agency can verify she is street homeless."

City Limits

“Obviously the providers want to meet the full representation goals, but that’s not necessarily possible under the current conditions,” - Marika Dias, managing director of the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center, a Right to Counsel provider.

Yahoo! News

“We are seeing massive delays across the board with practically every single CityFHEPS voucher holder we’ve ever worked with,” said Helen Strom, advocacy director with the Justice Center’s Safety Net Project.

Change Wire

"Our court systems don’t work for our people. When I was fighting for tenants’ rights as the Urban Justice Center’s Director of Litigation and Policy for the Safety Net Project...it would take years to get a decision."