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		<title>Stop &amp; Frisk Criminalizes HIV Prevention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 18:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rally Calls For Passage of Community Safety Act to Protect Condom Promotion &#38; Syringe Exchange Efforts  Tell the NYPD to End the War on Public Health &#8211; Condoms &#38; Clean Needles Aren&#8217;t Crimes! The NYPD’s stop and frisk practices are putting New Yorkers at risk for HIV and other health problems, according to a coalition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequester Backlash Begins: Vulnerable NYers Protest Outside Verizon HQ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 5th, 2013 Sequester Backlash Begins: Vulnerable NYers Protest Outside Verizon HQ NYC Residents Soon to be Hardest Hit By Cuts Demand Wealthy, Corporations Pay Their Fair Share  New York, NY: The backlash against Sequester cuts has begun in NYC, with dozens of vulnerable New Yorkers protesting upcoming cuts in the early afternoon of Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Mayor Bloomberg’s Announcement of Federal Grants for Sandy Relief</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 6, 2013 Contact: Ilana Berger (347) 645-4255 Response to Mayor Bloomberg’s Announcement of Federal Grants for Sandy Relief Joint Statement from: Members of the Alliance for a Just Rebuilding (ALIGN-NY, The Coalition for the Homeless, Community Voices Heard, Good Jobs New York, Hunger Action Network of New York State, New York Communities for Change, Make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PR: 99% Cheerleaders Urge Senator Schumer to Join the Team: Say &#8220;NO&#8221; to Fiscal Cliffs and Grand Bargains</title>
		<link>http://www.vocal-ny.org/blog/pr-99-cheerleaders-urge-senator-schumer-to-join-the-team-say-no-to-fiscal-cliffs-and-grand-bargains/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pr-99-cheerleaders-urge-senator-schumer-to-join-the-team-say-no-to-fiscal-cliffs-and-grand-bargains</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For immediate release: November 9, 2012 &#124; Contact: Jeremy Saunders, 917-676-8041, Jeremy@vocal-ny.org 99% Cheerleaders Urge Senator Schumer to Join the Team: Say &#8220;NO&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PR: Sen. Golden Faces Criticism At Fundraiser For Blocking Bipartisan Marijuana Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.vocal-ny.org/blog/drug-policy/pr-sen-golden-faces-criticism-at-fundraiser-for-blocking-bipartisan-marijuana-reform/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pr-sen-golden-faces-criticism-at-fundraiser-for-blocking-bipartisan-marijuana-reform</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 17th, 2012 &#124; Contact: Alfredo Carrasquillo, (718) 415-9254  Marty Golden Faces Criticism At Fundraiser For Blocking Bipartisan Marijuana Reform Backed By Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Kelly &#38; All Five NYC District Attorneys    Protest Comes Day After Governor Cuomo Calls On Albany To Take Up “People’s Agenda” by “Ending The Injustices On Stop And Frisk” Related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PR: VOCAL Brings Schumer A Spine, Demand He Stand Up For A “Fair Deal” That Protects Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security By Taxing Super-Rich</title>
		<link>http://www.vocal-ny.org/blog/1863/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=1863</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2012 &#124; Contact: Jaron Benjamin, (718) 864-3932 (cell) New Yorkers Bring Senator Schumer A Spine, Demand He Stand Up For A “Fair Deal” That Protects Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security By Taxing The Super-Rich Seniors, People With AIDS &#38; Low-Income NY’ers Reject A “Grand Bargain” That Trades Away Healthcare and Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PR: On International Overdose Awareness Day, Loved Ones of Victims Demand End to Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PR: “Grimm” Reaper March Dramatizes Attack On Medicare, Tax Breaks for Millionaires</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “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 [...]]]></description>
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