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City Council General Welfare Chair Annabel Palma and Council member Brett Lander on the steps of City Hall to protest illegal cuts to the HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA). Although there are many cuts to social services in Bloomberg’s budget, Palma has singled out the cuts to HASA case managers as among Mayor Bloomberg’s most egregious. Palma and Lander were joined by more than 50 AIDS advocates who held up signs that said “Bloomberg: Wanted for…
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This week, leaders of the House and the Senate are meeting to merge their health care reform bills. We are writing you to encourage a strategic push to ensure that meaningful provisions to address the needs of people living with HIV are included in the final bill. We believe that a health care system that meets the needs of people with HIV will serve all Americans living with chronic and life‐threatening conditions. By making our…
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“You better watch out You better not cry You better fight AIDS I’m telling you why Activists are here at your house!” Holding candles and wearing santa hats, 30 activists staged an evening of Christmas caroling outside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s home in Chappaqua, New York yesterday. The activists changed the words to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” (“AIDS Activists Are Here at Your House”); “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” (Hillary, the Red-Nosed…
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In the first meeting of its kind, 72 advocates, government officials, researchers and people with AIDS gathered at the White House for a summit on Homelessness and HIV last week. Participants left the meeting energized by the belief that the administration cares about AIDS housing, with Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) director Jeffrey Crowley stating he understands that housing policy is health policy for people with HIV/AIDS. “The proof will be in the pudding,…
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Update, Friday, November 20: Thanks for all the calls you’ve made! The leaders have heard us, so you do not need to call any more this week! We’ll keep you updated on future developments and next steps. Governor Paterson has proposed mid-year cuts to the New York State budget. But the Republicans in the New York State Assembly and Senate have proposed even deeper cuts than what the Governor had in mind. Both the Assembly…
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Check out The Villager for Housing Works President and CEO Charles King’s op-ed, Progress is stalled on housing people with H.I.V.
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As MSNBC host (and longtime AIDS activist!) Rachel Maddow reports, some 90,000 progressives are signing a petition to strip any Democrats of their committee chairs who filibuster health care reform. Maddow says this proposal is backed by “powerful progressive leaders.” And it just might work. If there’s anything Sen. Lieberman and conservative Democrats like more than filibustering, it’s power. Check out Rachel Maddow’s video (below) and sign the petition.
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Governor Paterson is calling the Legislature back November 10 to address a $3 billion budget deficit. And while people with AIDS were largely spared in last year’s budget, that happy scenario is less likely this time, will all agencies being asked to cut 11 percent of its budget. And while Paterson’s proposed across-the-board cuts to essential AIDS services and Medicaid are horrible, the Senate Republicans’ “solution” is much worse. Last week Senate Minority Leader Dean…
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See video of Comptroller Bill Thompson (above) and Housing Works President and CEO Charles King (below) from Tuesday’s rally (featured on NY1) outside Bloomberg’s campaign office, decrying the Mayor’s AIDS record and his lack of participation in an AIDSVote forum.
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