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Learn more OUR WORK Defending Individual Rights standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected Building Inclusive Community mentoring the next generation of social justice leaders Fueling SYSTEMIC Change improving the systems by which all society attains and benefits from justice This event has passed; click below for more. COMMUNITY JUSTICE AWARDS Join us to Celebrate 40 Years of UJC LEARN MORE UJC IN 2023: 0 PEOPLE Impacted by our direct legal services 0 CASES Closed 0 + CALLS Taken on our hot and warm lines $ 0 MILLION In benefits recovered for our clients NIGHT OUT JUNE 24TH, DON’T MISS IT! Get Involved with UJC Learn about ways you can fuel social change Get Involved READ OUR RECAP 2023 ANNUAL REPORT Want more? Sign up for our Justice e-Lerts for important updates. SUPPORT OUR TEAM Cheer on #TeamUJC in the 2024 TCS NYC Marathon GIVE TODAY UJC in the News Fewest Shelter Residents Moving into NYCHA Buildings in 10 Years While Vacancies Soar Gallery Fewest Shelter Residents Moving into NYCHA Buildings in 10 Years While Vacancies Soar News Fewest Shelter Residents Moving into NYCHA Buildings in 10 Years While Vacancies Soar hughr 2024-05-06T12:03:48-04:00 May 3rd, 2024 | Gothamist "Marika Dias, managing director for the Safety Net Project, a homeless advocacy group, said decades of disinvestment in public housing and NYCHA’s systemic failure to secure basic repairs for existing tenants and fix empty apartments are at the root of the problem." How a 65-foot ‘Hot Dog in the City’ Relishes Generations of NYC Street Food and Vendors Gallery How a 65-foot ‘Hot Dog in the City’ Relishes Generations of NYC Street Food and Vendors News How a 65-foot ‘Hot Dog in the City’ Relishes Generations of NYC Street Food and Vendors hughr 2024-05-06T12:08:10-04:00 May 1st, 2024 | AM NY "Supported by Times Square Arts and the Street Vendor Project, the art installation Hot Dog in the City was co-created by conceptual artists Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw...Mohamed Attia, managing director of SVP, was once a hot dog vendor in the same location for five years. Between 2010 and 2014, if you passed Times Square around that time, you probably purchased a hot dog from me." West Side Hot Dog Showdown Between a Times Square Titan and Hell’s Kitchen’s Freebie Feast Gallery West Side Hot Dog Showdown Between a Times Square Titan and Hell’s Kitchen’s Freebie Feast News West Side Hot Dog Showdown Between a Times Square Titan and Hell’s Kitchen’s Freebie Feast hughr 2024-05-06T12:11:41-04:00 April 30th, 2024 | W42nd Mohamed Attia, the managing director of the Street Vendor Project, remembers first encountering the hot dog when he began working as a vendor himself 15 years ago. I was told that there are businesses that are based on one item and one item only, and that item was the hot dog,” he said. Hundreds of food vendors actually make a living and thrive in our city selling this iconic snack.” I literally would not be standing here today if it weren’t for my start at the UJC.” – Cory Booker, US Senator and former UJC staff member Our Alumni Get Help Looking for help? Check here to see how we can best assist you. 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