SAVE THE DATE: Monday, May 7th 2012 from 9am-3pm Location: Murphy Institute at CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street 18th Floor REGISTRATION INFO COMING SOON CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Housing for people living with HIV/AIDS is essential for improving health and prevention outcomes. The conference will include presentations by senior government officials and housing providers discussing the most important [...]
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Contact: Jaron Benjamin, (718) 864-3932, jaron@vocal-ny.org HIV-Positive New Yorkers & Allies Plan March On HRA To Protest Housing Policies, Will Demand Commissioner Robert Doar Take Drug Test In Response to New Screening Policy HRA Commissioner Under Fire For Saying He Would Get “Tough” On Homeless and Unstably Housed People Living With HIV/AIDS & Proposing More [...]
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The City Council General Welfare Committee held a hearing into recent changes at the HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) on February 8, 2012 that we believe will increase homelessness among low-income New Yorkers. The hearing was covered by the Associated Press, “NY policymakers grilled over HIV/AIDS housing help,” which quoted VOCAL-NY’s Board Chair Wanda Hernandez criticizing one of [...]
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Associated Press: NY policymakers grilled over HIV/AIDS housing help Feb. 8, 2012 | Cristian Salazar, AP (Excerpt – read the full story here) NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Council members grilled policymakers at a packed hearing Wednesday over recent changes to public assistance policies that they worry could lead to increased homelessness and risky [...]
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