Charles King’s Holy War

“Even on the seventh day, Charles King doesn’t rest. As the prime mover behind Housing Works, one of the city’s largest and most lauded AIDS-service organizations, he has been working furiously to save his operation from imploding. Last fall, the Giuliani administration terminated all Housing Works’s city contracts, worth about $6.5 million, or a third of its budget. The nonprofit fought back, engaging the city in a drawn-out lawsuit that King blusteringly calls ‘a struggle to the death.’ But while the city will undoubtedly survive its encounter with Charles King, the outlook for Housing Works is less certain . . .”

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Publication Title: New York Magazine

Publication Author: Douglas Barasch

Publication Link: http://www.nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/2996

Publication Date: August 18, 1998 at 2:07am

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