Is Bloomberg Stealing Stimulus Money from People with AIDS? City Hall Press Conference Today!
Diana Scholl
d.scholl@housingworks.org; 917-402-2576
What: Press conference exposing Mayor Bloomberg’s health-budget hypocrisy: The mayor refuses to say where $1 billion in federal Medicaid stimulus went in his new budget; meanwhile he’s making nearly $10 million in cuts to New York City AIDS services and nearly $20 million to public health services overall.
Why: Cuts will mean elimination of community-based case managers upon whom poor New Yorkers living with AIDS depend for access to a range of lifesaving services including housing and medical care. Cuts will also mean scaled-back HIV prevention efforts and scaled-back food pantry and meals programs. Last summer, the New York State Department of Health announced that HIV is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate. Read more
Who: A coalition of AIDS groups including Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Housing Works, Village Care of New York, the Momentum Project, and New York City AIDS Housing Network, as well as more than 100 people living with HIV/AIDS and their allies.
When: Today, Wednesday, May 6, 3pm
Where: Steps of New York City Hall, 249 Broadway (City Hall is bounded by Broadway, Chambers St and Park Row in downtown Manhattan)
Posted on May 5, 2009 at 11:41 pm
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