VOCAL-NY CITY BUDGET UPDATE- HIV/AIDS Mayor Bloomberg announced roughly $1.7 billion in new budget cuts over the next two years in his midyear November Financial Plan, which he quietly posted online last Friday. It does not include additional costs from Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery, or factor in the potentially devastating austerity measures being considered by [...]
For immediate release: November 9, 2012 | Contact: Jeremy Saunders, 917-676-8041, Jeremy@vocal-ny.org 99% Cheerleaders Urge Senator Schumer to Join the Team: Say “NO” to Fiscal Cliffs and Grand Bargains Medicaid/Medicare cheerleaders call on NY’s top Dem to tax the top 2% and corporations to avoid any cuts to healthcare and “entitlement” programs View photos online or scroll [...]
On International Overdose Awareness Day, Loved Ones of Victims Demand End to Crisis Vigil at One Police Plaza Held to Remember Friends and Family Members Lost to Overdose and Encourage NYPD to Join Overdose Prevention Efforts **Photos available at (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vocal-ny/sets/72157631340332490/with/7901612448/)** NEW YORK, NY – VOCAL-NY invited elected officials, family and friends of overdose victims, harm [...]
“Grimm” Reaper March Dramatizes Attack On Medicare, Tax Breaks for Millionaires New Yorkers Relying on Medicare Present Checks to Millionaires from Embattled Congressman Michael Grimm VOCAL-NY members and leaders marched in protest of Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm outside of his Brooklyn office, denouncing Grimm’s vote to extend tax cuts to millionaires while destroying health [...]
(This press release is in response to Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget. For background on Bloomberg’s proposed HIV/AIDS cuts, see our fact sheet.) May 3, 2012 | Contact: Jaron Benjamin, 718-864-3932 (cell) Bloomberg’s Budget Breaks Promise To House Homeless People With AIDS; Delays Promised NY/NY III Units As Part of Plan to Cut $10 Million in Housing [...]
Monday, May 7th 9AM – 3PM Center for Worker Education – Murphy Institute – CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor, Manhattan Housing for people living with HIV/AIDS is essential for improving health and prevention outcomes. The conference will include presentations by housing providers and government officials discussing the most important program and policy [...]
