We work to end homelessness & AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.
.
@GovKathyHochul
, the lack of life-saving support for low-income New Yorkers with HIV outside NYC is cruel and unjust. It's time for meaningful investment in housing. Learn more about the urgency in the
@timesunion
OP-ED by
@bradhoylman
and
@HarryBBronson
:
Thrifting, renting, and patience as you get your closet together sis. Capsule wardrobe will be your best friend.
@AyannaPressley
has the accessory game down
Good news is that all these practices are very sustainable and good for the planet! 😉
We’re excited to be the first licensed cannabis retailer in New York. 🌿
Our dispensary will advance our work supporting people experiencing homelessness, people with HIV/AIDS, and people who have been harmed by the criminal legal system.
We've done it NY! Dec. 29, the FIRST 21+ legal cannabis sales will begin with a
@HousingWorks
non-profit assisting justice-involved individuals.
Thank you
@GovKathyHochul
for your commitment to the Seeding Opportunity Initiative & all you've done to bring this industry to life.
"It is almost as if the Trump administration is arguing that if trans people might get protected from employment discrimination, then it is best that there be no protections for anyone. Which, actually, may be their endgame."
October 8th. More to come.
“Disrespectful”? Really,
@NYCMayor
?
Cutting social services that vulnerable New Yorkers rely on is disrespectful.
Misspending our budget on unlimited NYPD overtime while forcing libraries to slash their hours is disrespectful.
New Yorkers confronted
@NYCMayor
about his budget cuts: why is he cutting ~8% from schools, CUNY, libraries, & social services, while funding NYPD overtime, misconduct, & robot dogs, & Dept. of Corrections abuse & mismanagement?
Eric lied & called us disrespectful.
#CareNotCuts
HAPPENING NOW: Vigil for Jordan Neely and all New Yorkers experiencing homelessness we have lost.
People experiencing homelessness are 11x more likely to be victims of violence than to be perpetrators. Jordan’s murderer MUST be held accountable for this senseless killing.
There are about 80 people risking civil disobedience today, says a rep for
@housingworks
. They were bused in from NYC this morning, and many are also from Philly.
BREAKING: We’re proud to be with
@HealthGAP
occupying the D.C. office of
@SpeakerMcCarthy
calling on him to PASS PEPFAR NOW.
This global AIDS program has saved 25 million lives. We need a CLEAN 5-YEAR REAUTHORIZATION from Congress.
According to one 2017 report, LGBTQ+ youth have a 120% higher risk of homelessness, and
@NYCMayor
's solution to that is more shelters and destroying encampments. You can say "Gay" all you want, it doesn't mean you care about queer people.
#HousingNotShelters
BREAKING:
@NYCMayor
announces a new digital billboard campaign in five Florida markets denouncing the hateful
#DontSayGay
law and inviting Floridians to move to New York.
This is one of the most defining advocacy moments of our lifetime
As the nation's largest HIV/AIDS community-based organization, we will not stand by while our community is stripped of its rights
We call for mass civil disobedience at
#SCOTUS
on 10/8
@washingtonpost
Hey,
@washingtonpost
, the "transgender ACLU lawyer" representing Aimee Stephens is
@chasestrangio
and he has a name. Don't marginalize trans folks and their work just because they don't fit within a narrow lens of fame. Fix your article.
Yesterday, the US Attorney for the Southern District made a statement threatening to “take enforcement action” against NYC’s only two overdose prevention centers.
This would cost lives.
@GovKathyHochul
needs to authorize overdose prevention centers ASAP.
It is a TRAVESTY that ~2,600 units of supportive housing are sitting empty in NYC while so many people are in need.
Over 12 months, 7,400 applications were approved, but a pitiful 16 people actually moved from streets and subways into supportive housing.
We appreciate the statement,
@CBSNewYork
. But we want:
* an apology
* removal of the story
* staff training on destigmatizing HIV, AIDS and cash bail reform
* an explanation of why you think
@PAPD911
is a reputable source
See you tomorrow.
@VOCALNewYork
@actupny
@GMHC
Overdose prevention center supporters are getting arrested, protesting outside US Attorney for the Southern District Damian Williams’ office after he suggested he may crack down on safe injection spaces legally operating in NYC.
Towels, soap and toilet paper are among the shelter standards New York State has agreed to waive in cases where no alternative is available—for adult migrants in DHS shelters—according to a letter obtained by City Limits.
Latest from
@emma_a_whitford
:
NOW: We’re part of the BROAD coalition at City Hall denouncing
@NYCMayor
’s dangerous forced hospitalization plan.
Police aren’t healthcare workers.
Hospitals aren’t housing.
We need a REAL plan to increase access to mental healthcare, from rapid response to community care.
Today we honor
#AIDS
pioneer Mathilde Krim, who has died at 91. A dedicated scientist, advocate & philanthropist, Dr. Krim founded amfAR, fought homophobia & HIV stigma, and spent her life supporting science, research, public health & activism. Rest in power,
#MathildeKrim
. 💙
New York City’s right to shelter is decades-old settled law.
We’re disturbed to see
@NYCMayor
continue to attack vital social services. We’ll fight this and his budget proposal for massive NYPD raises on the backs of vulnerable New Yorkers.
.
@NYCMayor
, how dare you tell NYC's LGBTQ+ community and leadership that appointing homophobes to positions of power is "what's best for the city of New York". Hatred and negation of LGBTQ+ rights is not somehow balanced by political acumen. Reverse these appointments NOW.
Asked what his message is to LGBTQ community leaders and lawmakers angry with his appointments of two anti-gay pastors,
@NYCMayor
says, “I respect your thoughts, but I'm going to do what's best for the city of New York.”
BREAKING: In a historic decision, the
#NYCCB
has approved the first round of CAURD licensees.
28 Justice-involved individuals & 8 Nonprofit organizations will make the first adult use-sales by New York farmers and bring countless opportunities to our communities.
#NYCCB
BREAKING: In the case of Bostock vs. Clayton County,
#SCOTUS
#TitleVII
decision: "Held: An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII."
WE WON
Outside the Watson Hotel, a group of asylum seekers spent the night outdoors after returning from Brooklyn Marine terminal where they say there was no heat, privacy, or blankets to keep them warm.
Councilmember
@tiffany_caban
connects the overdose crisis with the crisis of deaths at Rikers.
She tells
@GovKathyHochul
:
“You either love people enough to keep them alive, or you DON’T!”
#EndOverdose
HAPPENING NOW: Advocates from across the New York State are packing the Capitol to tell
@GovKathyHochul
that her inaction on the overdose crisis is costing LIVES! We need overdose prevention centers in NY to save lives immediately.
#SafeConsumptionNow
“New York City spends more on policing than it does on the Departments of Health, Homeless Services, Housing Preservation and Development, and Youth and Community Development combined. That’s out of whack.”
We took the street in DC this morning to make our voices heard, 20 ppl arrested.
#ACAnotACB
#NoConfirmationBeforeInauguration
. Make YOUR voice heard, stop this
#SCOTUSSham
. Call your Democratic Senators TODAY. Chuck Schumer must use all the tools, delay & block. 888-521-6658
🚨 HAPPENING NOW! 🚨 We're in Albany, demanding action from
@GovKathyHochul
on the devastating overdose crisis. It's time for the Governor to declare a state of emergency for the opioid crisis in NY State and authorize
#OPCsNOW
!
#StateofState
CM
@Kristin4Harlem
: “Mr.
@NYCMayor
, your supposedly pro-Black agenda is looking an awful lot like white supremacy. It’s not too late to do the right thing!”
We know people who use drugs. We are people who use drugs. We love people who use drugs. Thank you and congratulations to everyone who fought for this lifesaving intervention to come to NY. It's just the beginning.
#EndOverdose
NEW: In an attempt to curb a surge in overdose deaths caused by increasingly potent street drugs, New York City will allow two supervised injection sites in Manhattan to begin operating as soon today. W/
@andylocal
@Y0S0YElmejor
@GwynneFitz
@MosesNYC
Folks are receiving no warning, just these busses showing up and being ordered out. There's no exit plan, there's a 14% vaccination rate in the shelter system and poor filtration systems. There's also federal funding that could continue the hotel program through September.
Kind of incredible to do a book tour on your successes as a COVID-19 hero and then say any failures are the fault of the public, when you cut funding and refuse to provide economic relief and don't understand harm reduction.
Gov. Cuomo on following COVID-19 rules: "If you’re socially distant, and you wore a mask, and you were smart, none of this would be a problem — it's all self imposed. If you didn't eat the cheesecake you wouldn't have a weight problem."
.
@homeless_hero
takes the spotlight! “since the mayor made an official declaration of war against the homeless population of NYC when he announced that he would be moving homeless new yorkers from hotels to congregate shelters, we will retaliate”
#HousingNotShelters
AM
@EmilyAssembly
shares that she lost a loved one to overdose.
An overdose prevention center “would have saved his life.”
… “I’m a democratic socialist because I believe in the life changing power of having what you need.”
BREAKING: Activists are disrupting a meeting of the Drug Utilization Review Board in Albany, protesting against
@GovKathyHochul
’s disastrous carveout that threatens to slash MILLIONS from safety net healthcare providers statewide on 4/1/2023.
#SaveOurSafetyNet
@CBSNewYork
How dare you come after HIV+ people to create hysteria around cash bail reform. HIV is not transmitted through saliva. Someone exposed to HIV can receive a 30 day course of medication to keep from becoming positive.
City budget hearings begin at 11 a.m. Here's the NYPD at
#OccupyCityHall
early this morning. We're disgusted at the treatment of this Black-led, peaceful movement.
NYPD violence is a public health epidemic.
#DefundNYPD
Here’s the moment when things came to a boiling point. NYPD removing barricades closing off park behind city hall, which has been occupied by a round the clock sit-in amid demands to
#DefundTheNYPD
since last Tuesday.
@PIX11News
@VOCALNewYork
An EXEMPLARY statement on the issues with
@NYCMayor
’s forced hospitalization plan, and what a productive path forward should look like.
Thank you, Assemblymember.
Former New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou
NOW: 7 activists including Housing Works CEO
@HWCharlesKing
and
@HealthGAP
Executive Director Asia Russell are being arrested at
@SpeakerMcCarthy
’s D.C. office, calling on him to PASS PEPFAR NOW with a clean 5-year authorization
On this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we stand in solidarity w
@VOCALNewYork
&
@AlbanyDamienCtr
, calling on
@GovKathyHochul
to permanently repeal the Medicaid pharmacy carve-out that will cut funding for safety-net clinics & reduce services for vulnerable NYers.
#NBHAAD
In the middle of the vigil for the homeless man killed last night. There are no words.
@NYCMayor
: you must create real solutions to homelessness. NYC Media: you must stop vilfying and criminalizing people for trying to survive. That includes you,
@nypost
.
If this report is accurate,
@GovKathyHochul
has decided to continue Cuomo's tragic lack of commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Our communities deserve better.
BREAKING: Activists stage a die-in outside
@GovKathyHochul
’s office, representing the millions of New Yorkers whose healthcare will be impacted if her 340B carveout is allowed to take effect on April 1
"I call on all world leaders to recommit to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by delivering safe, stable housing for all PLWHIV and AIDS. We will not end the epidemic, or any pandemic anywhere, until we end homelessness." HW organizer Valerie Reyes-Jimenez addressing the
@UN
#WAD2021
THREAD
🚨🚨🚨 HIV/AIDS SERVICES UNDER ATTACK🚨🚨🚨
Call and email now!
#NoMedicaidCuts
Tell the folks below: "protect community health funding by rejecting the Medicaid Redesign Team's proposal to slash 340B funding for our safety-net community health centers."
Right to shelter saves lives. It’s abominable that
@GovKathyHochul
and
@NYCMayor
are trying to dismantle it and scapegoating immigrants.
We’ll say it all day everyday: HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. 🗣️🗣️🗣️
WEDNESDAY 7/27:
⚡️Join us at a rally and short march for HOMELESS RIGHTS MONTH! 🏠🏢❤️
We’re telling
@NYCMayor
to stop brutal NYPD sweeps, fast track housing, and respect homeless New Yorkers’ privacy and dignity
Info & signup here ↘️
Harm reduction saves lives.
Getting these supplies into people's hands is a major achievement, but we still need
@CarlHeastie
and
@AndreaSCousins
to pass the Safer Consumption Services Act to offer connections to care for people in need.
A new vending machine in Brooklyn is attracting lots of attention, but not because it sells snacks.
Instead, it freely dispenses Naloxone kits, Fentanyl test strips, birth control packs and baggies with tools for safer smoking.
HAPPENING NOW: Emergency action to save 340b and protect healthcare for LGBTQ+ and vulnerable communities!
@GovKathyHochul
must STOP THE CARVEOUT before it goes into affect TOMORROW!!!
HAPPENING NOW: Healthcare activists are in Cambridge, MA descending onto Moderna headquarters to demand they share vaccine technology and lift their patents now.
#ShareScience
#EndCOVID
#FreeTheVaccine
What happens when someone refuses hospitalization? This seems like it boils down to letting the NYPD hospitalize people by force, an escalation of
@NYCMayor
’s sweeps.
Update: From Q&A, still not entirely clear what standards police/EMS/clinicians will use to determine whether one lacks basic needs; whether that's attributable to mental health issues. Mayor/deputies/lawyers say it'll be determined case by case after training that starts today.
@HWCharlesKing
@HealthGAP
@SpeakerMcCarthy
For those who are new here:
Housing Works was founded in 1990 by members of ACT UP, the international activist collective dedicated to ending AIDS.
We’re proud to use nonviolent civil disobedience, among other tactics, to demand that our government take action to end AIDS.
Happy to support
@housingworks
Fashion for Action, this year happening both online & in-store. Christian donated two fab looks! All proceeds support Housing Works’ mission to support healthcare, housing, & justice for all.
#HousingWorks30
#30Looks30Years
.
@nycmayor
will you listen and finally deliver real help to New Yorkers experiencing homeless other than unsafe shelters with grotesque living conditions? We're listening to our community, and your praise of the shelters is a lie.
Show up and tell de Blasio THIS AIN'T IT.
New: 9 homeless people at barracks-style group shelter in Brooklyn were ‘exposed to someone with Covid-19’; shelter requested ‘isolation and transportation’ for them.
NYC’s relocation of 8,000 people from hotels to group shelters is still on (though paused thru Tues). [1/2]
Proud to be at City Hall with
@CMChiOsse
@sageusa
and
@VOCALNewYork
ahead of the FIRST EVER
@NYCCouncil
hearing on older adults living with HIV.
New Yorkers over 50 make up the majority of New Yorkers with HIV. This population deserves equitable support!