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		<title>Legislative Gazette on Albany rally to end racially biased marijuana arrests</title>
		<link>http://www.vocal-ny.org/media-coverage/legislative-gazette-decriminalize-small-amounts-of-marijuana-end-stop-and-frisks-say-black-and-latino-lawmakers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=legislative-gazette-decriminalize-small-amounts-of-marijuana-end-stop-and-frisks-say-black-and-latino-lawmakers</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decriminalize small amounts of marijuana; end stop-and-frisks, say Black and Latino lawmakers By JESS STRING &#124; May 22, 2013 Members of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, along with Vocal NY, rallied at the Million Dollar Staircase in the Capitol Wednesday to protest current stop-and-frisk practices and push for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metro: HIV/AIDS patients in NYC forced to choose between paying for rent or basic needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alison Bowen &#124; 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 or possibly medical care. Having lived for 15 years with HIV, Hernandez, 50, has chronic pain blocking her from work. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report on HIV/AIDS &amp; Homelessness in New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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 from you…” State lawmakers could prevent homelessness for thousands of people living with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politico: Bloomberg seeks to halt pot jail time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg seeks to halt pot jail time By BREANNA EDWARDS &#124; 2/14/13 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today in his State of the City Address that marijuana possession will no longer lead to a night in jail. The policy, proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State address early last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HuffPo: Fix The Debt Draws Activists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fix The Debt Protest Draws Activists, Inflatable Pig WASHINGTON &#8212; More than 100 union members and progressive activists marched to a Capitol Hill hotel Wednesday to protest a meeting of corporate chiefs, lobbyists and former elected officials involved in the Campaign to Fix the Debt. &#8220;Today we&#8217;re here to protest against the Fix the Debt committee,&#8221; said Bobby Tolbert, a board member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily News: The Push For Federal Sandy Aid Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Below is an excerpt, read the full article here) The Push For Federal Sandy Aid Continues BY CELESTE KATZ &#124; DECEMBER 17, 2012 Even as the nation mourns the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, with the first slain children, six-year-olds Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner, being laid to rest today, an untold number of people are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rochester Democrat And Chronicle Reports On Syringe Access &amp; Medicaid Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.vocal-ny.org/media-coverage/rochester-democrat-chronicle-reports-on-syringe-access-medicaid-reform/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rochester-democrat-chronicle-reports-on-syringe-access-medicaid-reform</link>
		<comments>http://www.vocal-ny.org/media-coverage/rochester-democrat-chronicle-reports-on-syringe-access-medicaid-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Drug addicts considered in New York&#8217;s Medicaid reforms [Copied below is an excerpt - read the full article here] Written by Jessica Alaimo &#124; December 2, 2012 To help identify cost savings, a team appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo has identified populations who could be helped with changes to the program while savings are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP: Advocates flock to NYC hearing on police practices</title>
		<link>http://www.vocal-ny.org/media-coverage/ap-advocates-flock-to-nyc-hearing-on-police-practices/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ap-advocates-flock-to-nyc-hearing-on-police-practices</link>
		<comments>http://www.vocal-ny.org/media-coverage/ap-advocates-flock-to-nyc-hearing-on-police-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vocal-ny.org/?p=1857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(VOCAL leader Brian Pearson was interviewed at the City Council&#8217;s first hearing on the Community Safety Act, a package of bills that would reform biased policing practices, including stop and frisk. You can read Brian&#8217;s testimony to the City Council testimony on his experiences and VOCAL-NY&#8217;s support for the legislation here.) Advocates flock to NYC hearing [...]]]></description>
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