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."

Manhattan Express News

"These sweeps are designed not to help people, but to break spirits. Mayor Adams and Commissioner Jenkins must stop these sweeps and offer people permanent homes,” Karim Walker said, an outreach worker and organizer with the Safety Net Project."

CUPR

“While Mayor Adams has billed this as a mental health directive, it is clear who the intended targets are: the city’s street homeless...these forced hospitalizations are another part of his plans to police our homeless neighbors out of sight without properly addressing their material needs...” testified Karim Walker with the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center.

Manhattan Times News

"Karim Walker of the [Safety Net Project of the] Urban Justice Center testified that landlords and brokers refuse to rent to prospective tenants with the vouchers, 'even though the money is basically guaranteed.'"