• HIV/AIDS

    HIV/AIDS

    VOCAL-NY has been working to prevent homelessness for 10,000 low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and their families through a state affordable housing bill since 2006. New York’s rental assistance program for low-income and homeless ...

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  • SYRINGE ACCESS

    SYRINGE ACCESS

    NY Users Union: Fight to Expand Syringe Access to Prevent HIV and Hepatitis C VOCAL-NY Users Union members won a campaign to expand syringe access and stop unlawful police harassment in 2010. Nearly two decades after ...

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  • Restoring Voting Rights

    Restoring Voting Rights

    VOCAL-NY Parolees, our prison and parole organizing project, is working to restore voting rights for New Yorkers who have been released from prison and are on parole.

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  • Economy & Democracy

    Economy & Democracy

    We are working to build a new economy based on a bottom line that puts human dignity before profits, holds Wall Street accountable for creating jobs and preserving public services, and ensures broad participation in ...

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New York HIV/AIDS Housing Conference: Housing & Healthcare Reform

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 [...]

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Living with HIV/AIDS in an era of austerity

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.    

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AP/Wall Street Journal: Progressive groups question CEO lobby for Cuomo

Progressive groups question CEO lobby for Cuomo April 23, 2012 Albany, NY — Two of New York’s growing progressive groups said Monday that a committee of CEOs lobbying on behalf of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is really a “Super PAC” for wealthy interests that a state regulatory board has failed to investigate. Community Voices Heard and [...]

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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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2012 Contact: Jeremy Saunders, (917) 676-8041, jeremy@vocal-ny.org | 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’s Flickr here. For video coverage, visit VOCAL-NY’s YouTube [...]

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