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		<title>Tale of Two Cities: Racially-Biased Marijuana Arrests in NY</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From VOCAL-NY&#8217;s statement with Drug Policy Alliance and Institute for Juvenile Justice &#38; Reform Alternatives (IJJRA): On the day before Mother’s Day – over 150 moms, community groups, artists and faith leaders joined with City and state elected officials to demand an end to biased policing practices dividing New York City. The group marched from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg’s Budget Breaks Promise To House Homeless People With AIDS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This press release is in response to Mayor Bloomberg&#8217;s Executive Budget. For background on Bloomberg&#8217;s proposed HIV/AIDS cuts, see our fact sheet.) May 3, 2012 &#124; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACT UP &amp; Occupy &#8211; Tax Wall Street To Fight AIDS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 25th, VOCAL-NY joined ACT UP for a march marking their 25th anniversary that called for a Financial Speculation Tax, also known as the &#8220;Robin Hood Tax,&#8221; to fund domestic and global healthcare, including universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment. A Robin Hood Tax would raise revenue to save lives while discouraging speculative activity that helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlterNet: How Drug Tests Will Lock Homeless NY&#8217;ers With HIV/AIDS Out of Shelters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sending the Sick Into the Streets? How Drug Tests Will Lock Homeless New Yorkers With HIV/AIDS Out of Shelters By Jaron Benjamin and Mike Selick April 26, 2012 There is an awful trend toward drug testing for public benefits sweeping through our nation. In late 2011, Florida began drug testing for the Temporary Assistance for Needy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Annual HIV/AIDS Housing Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, May 7th 9AM &#8211; 3PM Center for Worker Education &#8211; Murphy Institute &#8211; CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor, Manhattan &#160; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living with HIV/AIDS in an era of austerity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOCAL-NY Board member Wayne Starks spoke about living with HIV/AIDS in an age of austerity and called on the top 1% to pay their fair share during our tax day protestin April. Watch the speech below. &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>AP/Wall Street Journal: Progressive groups question CEO lobby for Cuomo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive groups question CEO lobby for Cuomo April 23, 2012 Albany, NY &#8212; Two of New York&#8217;s growing progressive groups said Monday that a committee of CEOs lobbying on behalf of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is really a &#8220;Super PAC&#8221; for wealthy interests that a state regulatory board has failed to investigate. Community Voices Heard and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PR: ‘99% Spring’ Holds April 16 Rush Hour Rally to Demand Fair Economy, Passage of the ‘Buffett Rule’ on Eve of Major Tax Day Actions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2012 Contact: Jeremy Saunders, (917) 676-8041, jeremy@vocal-ny.org &#124; Chris Keeley, (917) 847-3625, chris@CVHaction.org ‘99% Spring’ Holds April 16 Rush Hour Rally to Demand Fair Economy, Passage of the ‘Buffet Rule’ on Eve of Major Tax Day Actions For more photos, visit VOCAL-NY&#8217;s Flickr here. For video coverage, visit VOCAL-NY&#8217;s YouTube [...]]]></description>
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