Analysis Of Mayor Bloomberg’s Preliminary FY14 Budget For HIV/AIDS Housing
January 31, 2013 VOCAL-NY HIV/AIDS Housing Network Analysis Of Mayor Bloomberg’s Preliminary FY14 Budget Contact: Jason Walker, HIV/AIDS Housing Network Coordinator, jason at vocal-ny.org (Read the...
View ArticleHepatitis C Legislative Awareness Day In Albany
Over 200,000 New Yorkers are living with the hepatitis C virus and most do not know their status even though new medications can cure most people with chronic infection. In response to this neglected...
View ArticleStop & Frisk Criminalizes HIV Prevention
Rally Calls For Passage of Community Safety Act to Protect Condom Promotion & Syringe Exchange Efforts Tell the NYPD to End the War on Public Health – Condoms & Clean Needles Aren’t Crimes!...
View ArticleNew York Could Pass Major Hep C Bill, June 11th Capitol Rally Planned
About 200,000 New Yorkers are living with hepatitis C, but the state Department of Health (DOH)) estimates that 75% do not know their status. The hepatitis C virus is a leading cause of liver cancer...
View ArticleNew Report on HIV/AIDS & Homelessness in New York
“A home is, you know, sort of like air and water; I think it’s just one of those things that you need to survive as a human being…the four walls that you can call your own that no one can take away...
View ArticleMetro: HIV/AIDS patients in NYC forced to choose between paying for rent or...
By Alison Bowen | Published: May 19, 2013 HIV/AIDS patients in NYC forced to choose between paying for rent or basic needs Every month, Wanda Hernandez considers whether to use her cash for bills, rent...
View ArticleNew York Legislature Passes Hepatitis C Testing Law!
On June 20th, the New York Senate joined the Assembly in passing a first-in-the-nation hepatitis C testing law. If Governor Cuomo signs it, thousands of New Yorkers living with hepatitis C will learn...
View ArticleAlbany Times Union: Bill require Hepatitis C test offer is OK’d
Bill require Hepatitis C test offer is OK’d; Bill requires doctors, hospitals to ask baby boomers about option By Rick Karlin | Thursday, June 20, 2013 Albany - If approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, baby...
View ArticleBrooklyn District Attorney Candidate Forum – August 14th
We can keep our communities safe without resorting to mass incarceration, abusive policing strategies and the failed war on drugs. We know this from direct experience in New York City, where the...
View ArticleSeptember 17th – Let’s end AIDS with a Robin Hood Tax!
Join us next Tuesday, September 17th at 4:30pm at outside the United Nations at 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues for a rally and march demanding funding to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic! We’re at a...
View ArticleNew policy paper on Medicaid funding for harm reduction
VOCAL is pleased to announce the release of a new policy paper on Medicaid funding for harm reduction services, which we developed in collaboration with the Injection Drug Users Health Alliance...
View ArticleTown Hall on what Mayor de Blasio can do to end AIDS in NYC – November 15th!
Do you have ideas about what Mayor Bill de Blasio can do to end HIV/AIDS in New York City? RSVP here for a community town hall on November 15 from 3 – 4:45pm at Duarte Square (Canal Street & 6th...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day 2013
WORLD AIDS DAY 2013 Day of Reflection: Strengthening the Fight to End AIDS Music. Performances. Education. Prayer. Action. We have the knowledge, tools, institutions and people to end AIDS in New York....
View ArticleAfter 5-Year Fight Funds for HIV/AIDS Housing Restored
For Immediate Release November 22, 2013 Contact: Jeremy Saunders, jeremy@vocal-ny.org, 917-676-8041 AFTER 5-YEAR FIGHT FUNDS FOR HIV/AIDS HOUSING RESTORED In final budget modification, Mayor...
View ArticleNY1: Activists Want Mayor-Elect’s Help To End AIDS In NYC
Activists Want Mayor-Elect’s Help To End AIDS In NYC (Watch the video online) HIV/AIDS activists say they want to end AIDS in New York City, and they are looking to Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio for help....
View ArticleGay City News – With New Mayor on Board, Time For Governor to Lead on AIDS...
With New Mayor on Board, Time For Governor to Lead on AIDS Housing January 8, 2014 BY JAMES W. LISTER | After his 12 years in office, I feel I almost don’t remember any mayor other than Michael...
View ArticleNew Coalition of LGBT Celebrities, Elected Officials, and Other Leaders Urges...
A coalition of more than 100 LGBT celebrities, labor leaders, elected officials, activists, media personalities, artists, and allies is launching a campaign, led by VOCAL-NY, to get Governor Cuomo to...
View ArticleAmsterdam News: Help needed for those people living with AIDS & seeking housing
Help needed for those people living with AIDS and seeking housing REGINALD BROWN | 1/23/2014 When I was diagnosed with HIV, I had no idea that one of the biggest challenges I would face would not be...
View ArticleEl Diario: Mejor calidad de vida para pacientes de VIH/Sida
Mejor calidad de vida para pacientes de VIH/Sida Wanda Hernández / es presidenta de la junta directiva de VOCAL New York. JAN, 21, 2014 Me diagnosticaron VIH en 1995. Comencé a tomar 18 pastillas por...
View ArticlePR: Governor Cuomo & Mayor de Blasio Reach Agreement to Prevent Homelessness...
(Governor Cuomo’s press release announcing the agreement is available here.) PRESS RELEASE | 2/13/14 Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio Reach Agreement to Prevent Homelessness for 12,000 Low-Income...
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