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Video: Police Arrest CEO Charles King, Sen. Tom Duane and Others in Protest Targeting Paterson
Calling on Gov. David Paterson to pass a critical AIDS housing bill before he leaves office, 18 New York AIDS activists sat down on Broadway today, blocking traffic at Barclay Avenue and refusing to move before police arrested them and hauled them away.
Among the 18 arrested were Housing Works CEO and President Charles King; New York State Senator Tom Duane; and two other Housing Works employees. The arrests took place after a rowdy 300-person rally at City Hall Park hosted by a coalition of AIDS organizations, including VOCAL/NYCAHN, Citiwide Harm Reduction, Bailey House, Harlem United, Housing Works and Praxis Housing Initiatives.
All are demanding that Paterson work with the legislature to enact the 30 percent rent cap bill …
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 6:33 pm
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With Republicans Charging In, What Will Happen to AIDS Funding?
A Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives could devastate AIDS funding both at home and abroad, says an analysis released yesterday by the research foundation amfAR.
If House Republicans follow through on their plan to return non-security-related government spending to 2008 levels—something outlined by House Minority leader John Boehner (R-OH) and announced in the Pledge for America —they would slash overall discretionary HIV/AIDS spending by 9.6 percent.
How would that play out?
At home, cuts would seriously undermine the country’s new and much-touted National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which aims to reduce new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2014. If all goes according to the Republican plan, funding for prevention would receive an 8 percent cut, as would money dedicated …
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 6:30 pm
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On Eve of Protest, 30 Percent Rent Cap Hangs in Balance
Gov. David Paterson announced yesterday that he plans to postpone a special legislative session planned for Nov. 15. That means AIDS advocates will have to wait several additional weeks to see if the 30 percent rent cap bill will pass before Paterson hands the reigns to Andrew Cuomo in 2011.
Tomorrow, a coalition of organizations are staging a protest at City Hall Park at 11 a.m., where we’ll be shaming Paterson into ensuring the bill’s passage before he leaves office.
Once the legislature does come together (and Paterson is adamant that they will meet before Dec. 31), there are two options for passing the 30 percent rent cap bill in 2010.
First, the legislature could override Paterson’s veto, something that would …
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 6:32 pm
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U.N. Report on Sex Workers Blasts U.S. Policies
At the United Nations in Geneva this morning, advocates for sex worker rights lambasted the U.S. for criminalizing sex work, which they say has led to human and civil rights abuses across the U.S.
According to a report presented by three sex worker rights groups, a host of U.S. laws infringe on the rights of individuals who engage in sex work. The report recommends—among many reforms—that the U.S. amend policies that prevent sex workers from receiving student loans and public housing; and that the U.S. end the practice of using possession of condoms as evidence of a crime (which happens in New York).
The report also recommends that the U.S. repeal laws requiring those arrested for sex work to register as sex offenders …
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:12 pm
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After Five-Day Silence, Haiti Reports 40 Percent Increase in Cholera Cases
The number of reported cholera deaths in Haiti has hit 442, the Haitian health ministry announced late Wednesday, and the number of cases has surged to 6,742, a more than 40 percent increase since Friday.
The news ends a five-day silence from Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population, which had stopped issuing its daily reports on cholera cases and deaths.
The ministry attributed its silence to public holidays on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. But several on the ground mentioned yesterday that the ministry’s reluctance to release information could be linked to the government’s unwillingness to expose the depth of the problem in the days leading up to the Nov. 28 presidential contest.
“There’s a tremendous correlation on how the …
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:05 pm
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Posted on November 3, 2010 at 2:33 pm
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347-473-7457Posted on November 2, 2010 at 10:11 pm
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Posted on November 2, 2010 at 9:48 pm
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