2024-05-15T11:29:38-05:00 2023-06-30 133489260 MATTHEWS & CO LLP 270 MADISON AVENUE 16TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10016 990 2022-07-01 133442022 URBAN JUSTICE CENTER URBA 6466025600 40 RECTOR STREET 9TH FL NEW YORK NY 10006 DOUGLAS LASDON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6466025601 2024-05-10 1 DOUGLAS LASDON 999009999 1 MARTIN WEINBERG P01200980 2122935100 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z DOUGLAS LASDON 40 RECTOR STREET 9TH FL NEW YORK NY 10006 34098523 0 X WWW.URBANJUSTICE.ORG X 1987 NY THE URBAN JUSTICE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENGAGE IN LEGAL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELESS, INDIGENT, DISENFRANCHISED, AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. 23 23 172 67 0 0 30502392 30991537 434520 491044 276217 136199 -73462 856970 31139667 32475750 587495 0 0 0 11660500 12533249 0 0 317445 18742759 17988929 30990754 30522178 148913 1953572 28163640 30260644 6618827 6173418 21544813 24087226 X THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENGAGE IN LEGAL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELESS, INDIGENT, DISENFRANCHISED, AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. 0 0 11805597 11805597 MS. W IS A BRONX TENANT WHO, LIKE SO MANY NEW YORK WORKERS OF COLOR, LOST HER JOB AS A DATA ENTRY SPECIALIST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SHE THEN CONTRACTED AND SURVIVED COVID, ONLY TO FACE EVICTION BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH HER RENT PAYMENTS. MS. W HAS LIVED IN HER APARTMENT FOR 22 YEARS AND WITH NO EMPLOYMENT, HER CHANCES OF SECURING A NEW APARTMENT WERE NEXT TO NONE. AS PART OF THE CITY'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL INITIATIVE, UJC'S SAFETY NET PROJECT (SNP) TOOK ON MS. W'S CASE. SNP REPRESENTED MS. W IN HOUSING COURT DURING THE PANDEMIC, APPEARING VIRTUALLY. THROUGH CREATIVE LITIGATION PRACTICE, SNP WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE EVICTION CASE AGAINST MS. W DISMISSED ENTIRELY AND THE DECISION IN HER CASE WAS EVEN PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL. WITHOUT AN EVICTION CASE HANGING OVER HER HEAD, MS. W WENT ON TO APPLY TO NEW YORK'S EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ERAP), SO SHE CAN CLEAR ANY OUTSTANDING RENTAL ARREARS AND CONTINUE RECOVERING FROM THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC. SNP CLOSED 2,719 CASES BENEFITTING 5,040 PEOPLE. 7191777 7191777 IN THE YEAR AHEAD, DVP WILL TAKE THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND APPLY THEM TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE WAY WE APPROACH OUR WORK. WHEN WE PIVOTED SERVICES TO THE REMOTE WORLD, WE NOTICED A GREATER ABILITY TO ACCESS SURVIVORS WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE UNABLE TO PHYSICALLY REACH OUR OFFICES. WE REACHED 6X THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THROUGH OUTREACH EFFORTS THIS YEAR THAN IN THE YEAR PREVIOUS. SO, WHILE THE NEED REMAINS, OUR SERVICES WILL ADAPT TO OUR NEW WAY OF LIVING AND OFFER HYBRID ACCESS TO SURVIVORS, ALLOWING THEM TO CHOOSE THE PATH THAT WORKS FOR THEM. DVP CLOSED 2,145 CASES BENEFITTING 5,353 PEOPLE. 3129477 3129477 AT THE SEX WORKERS PROJECT SEX WORKERS PROJECT, WE DEFEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF SEX WORKERS THROUGH FREE LEGAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND POLICY ADVOCACY. OUR CLIENTS ARE PREDOMINANTLY MIGRANT WORKERS WHO WE ASSIST IN OBTAINING VARIOUS FORMS OF IMMIGRATION RELIEF. ME SIMPLY EXISTING AS WHO I AM IS CRIMINALIZED, WHICH MEANS I CAN'T MOVE IN THE WORLD LIKE A NORMAL PERSON WOULD. I HAVE HAD PARANOIA AROUND... WHAT IF THEY DO A BACKGROUND CHECK? IS THIS APARTMENT GONNA DO THAT? - DOMINATRIX ASHLEY PAIGE IN SEX(UAL) HEALING TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SEX WORK AND CRIMINAL ABUSES LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WE ADVOCATE FOR THE FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK, WHICH IS A CRITICAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. THIS APPROACH BEST PROTECTS THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE SEX TRADES, BY CHOICE, CIRCUMSTANCE, OR COERCION. THROUGH OUR POLICY ADVOCACY WE ARE WORKING TO DISMANTLE NYPD VICE, AND SUPPORT STATE LEVEL DECRIMINALIZATION LEGISLATION. A FEW SUCCESSES TO DATE INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF A DECRIMINALIZATION BILL IN OREGON AND THE REPEAL OF THE LOITERING FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROSTITUTION LAW IN NEW YORK (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WALKING WHILES TRANS BAN). ALSO THIS YEAR, WE HAD THE DEBUT OF SEX(UAL) HEALING, A MINI-DOC SERIES THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HEALING POWERS OF SEX WORK, FROM BOTH THE WORKER AND CLIENT PERSPECTIVE. SEX(UAL) HEALING IS ON DISPLAY NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 2022 AT THE MUSEUM OF SEX. STAY TUNED FOR OUR NEXT EPISODE, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON SEX WORKER FAMILIES. SWP/PCYP CLOSED 130 CASES BENEFITTING 177 PEOPLE. 4773563 4773563 VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS. 4773563 4773563 26900414 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 122 0 172 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 23 23 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X X URBAN JUSTICE CENTER 6466025600 40 RECTOR STREET 9TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10006 ARNOLD B PEINADO III SECRETARY 0.50 X 0 0 0 CHARLENE JONES DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 DAVID SINGLETON DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 DOUGLAS H LASDON EXEC DIRECTOR 40.00 X 282770 0 11311 ED TURAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 FRED MWANGAGUHUNGA DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 HELEN HERSHKOFF DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOEL FRANK TREASURER 0.50 X 0 0 0 JYOTIN HAMID CHAIRMAN 0.50 X 0 0 0 KENYATTA CHEESE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MARC FALCONE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL BARASCH DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL COYNE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MITCHELL LOWENTHAL DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 PAT BUDZIAK DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOHNNY PEREZ DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 RICH EDLIN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOAN CHAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 STEPHEN LOFFREDO DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 BROOKE RICHIE-BABBAGE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 39957 0 0 JOSHUA THOMPSON DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAL MIERNOWSKI DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 PETER KOFFLER DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOELLEN VALENTINE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MADELINE GARCIA BIGELOW EMPLOYEE 40.00 X 160420 0 6417 RJ THOMPSON EMPLOYEE 40.00 X 153429 0 4857 KRISTIN JAMBERDINO COO/GENERAL COUNSEL 40.00 X 174950 0 4732 811526 0 27317 5 0 1 0 0 26459769 4531768 30991537 ATTORNEY FEES 541100 409107 409107 OTHER INCOME 541100 56214 56214 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 541100 25723 25723 491044 221581 221581 1225425 1310807 -85382 -85382 -85382 705491 311966 393525 393525 RENTAL INCOME 541100 463445 463445 463445 32475750 869107 0 615106 X 916375 458655 457720 8477320 7417598 835578 224144 2511642 2113290 336230 62122 627912 528323 84058 15531 14238548 13987807 235093 15648 279415 146682 132733 1430808 1164363 266445 164579 143467 21112 5812 5812 289889 289889 69280 59536 9744 EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN 509674 210898 298776 PROFESSIONAL FEES 405800 105946 299854 CLIENT ASSISTANCE 314488 314488 DUES & PUBLICATIONS 129718 111482 18236 150918 137879 13039 30522178 26900414 3304319 317445 3823981 7151745 10214707 6631972 609145 1739982 193079 172513 11923624 3904911 8308602 8018713 5014126 5852830 692889 28163640 30260644 842982 795250 4635801 3851726 50000 209582 155030 226741 332288 251230 602726 838889 6618827 6173418 X 16754963 17853919 4789850 6233307 21544813 24087226 28163640 30260644 1953572 588841 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 36198273 28349952 34766368 30502392 31697028 161514013 36198273 28349952 34766368 30502392 31697028 161514013 951336 160562677 135221 121544 85979 104866 221581 669191 162183204 0.99000 0.99380 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 30204733 30204733 1000000 250000 0 0 1000000 1000000 1000000 1000000 4000000 6000000 6000 20625 26625 250000 250000 250000 250000 1000000 1500000 300 1031 1331 0 155030 71711 0 226741 1 X 11207114 3188401 8018713 417083 417083 0 299427 299427 0 8018713 LEASE LIABILITIES 838889 838889 X 33376557 588841 588841 32787716 -311966 -311966 32475750 30919526 85382 311966 397348 30522178 0 30522178 PART IV, LINE 2B: THIS IS AN IOLTA ACCOUNT FROM A SETTLEMENT THAT A PROJECT IS DISTRIBUTING TO CLIENTS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS TO HOLD AND ISSUE THE FUNDS AS THEIR ATTORNEYS REPRESENT THE CLIENTS WITH A PRO BONO LAW FIRM. PART X, LINE 2: NOTES TO THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DESCRIBES THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS REQUIRING RECOGNITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO INCOME TAX RELATED PENALTIES OR INTEREST FOR THE PERIODS REPORTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES COMMUNITY JUSTICE AWARDS LUNCH 705491 705491 311966 705491 705491 311966 311966 393525 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DOUGLAS H LASDON EXEC DIRECTOR 282770 0 0 0 0 0 11311 0 0 0 294081 0 0 0 KRISTIN JAMBERDINO COO/GENERAL COUNSEL 174950 0 0 0 0 0 4732 0 0 0 179682 0 0 0 MADELINE GARCIA BIGELOW EMPLOYEE 160420 0 0 0 0 0 6417 0 0 0 166837 0 0 0 RJ THOMPSON EMPLOYEE 153429 0 0 0 0 0 4857 0 0 0 158286 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 BROOKE RICHIE-BABBAGE, A BOARD MEMBER, HAS BEEN PAID FOR CONSULTING WORK FOR ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS ON IT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ELECT THE BOARD'S OFFICERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B TAX RETURNS ARE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C REGULAR MEETINGS AND REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A COMPENSATION DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 293,091. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 235,093. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 15,648. TOTAL EXPENSES 543,832. SUBCONTRACTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 13,694,716. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 13,694,716. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR