Olivia Heffernan

Olivia Heffernan is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. Her work focuses on labor organizing, immigration policy, prison abolition as well as the intersection of all three.

Street vendors have long faced prohibitive laws governing where they can vend, and enforcement seems to have ramped up as the city reopens.
NYC street vendors protest exorbitant fines as city reopens
Jobs
by Olivia Heffernan
07.19.2021
Jobs
farmworker picks apples upstate New York wearing mask April 2020
While NYC residents remain in lockdown, the farmworkers providing their food still lack basic protections
Health
by Olivia Heffernan
04.29.2020
Health