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		<title>Legislative Gazette on Albany rally to end racially biased marijuana arrests</title>
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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>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>Hepatitis C Legislative Awareness Day In Albany</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 200,000 New Yorkers are living with the hepatitis C virus and most do not know their status even though new medications can cure most people with chronic infection. In response to this neglected and urgent health issue, the largest hepatitis C legislative awareness day yet was held in Albany on March 13th with participation from [...]]]></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>Stop Sequestration, Make Corporations Pay Their Fair Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us Tuesday, March 5th to demand corporate tax dodger Verizon pay their fair share and help stop devastating budget cuts. Automatic across-the-board budget cuts called sequestration are about to take effect because Speaker Boehner and the Tea Party decided to protect Wall Street and the wealthiest 1% instead of poor and working families. Some of the loudest [...]]]></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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