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March 2, 2023

VOCAL-NY Applauds NYC Council Resolution Urging New York State to Fund and Pass Rest of State Housing

CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org  VOCAL-NY APPLAUDS NYC COUNCIL RESOLUTION URGING NEW YORK STATE TO FUND AND PASS REST OF STATE HOUSING Resolution Calls for a HASA-like Program to be Funded and Expanded...

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March 1, 2023

GAY CITY NEWS: Advocates, lawmakers demand accountability from NYPD’s Strategic Response Group:

City Council spokesperson Rendy Desamours issued a statement slamming the NYPD for failing to attend the hearing. “Agencies are expected to be transparent with the City’s residents through public hearings,...

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February 14, 2023

GOTHAMIST: New York has ambitious housing plans for the future. But what can be done right now?:

If the Adams administration is serious about moving homeless New Yorkers from the streets and shelters and into permanent housing, they should just do it, said Milton Perez, an activist...

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February 7, 2023

On Natl. Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, VOCAL-NY Calls for Budget Funding for Statewide Housing for New Yorkers Living With HIV

CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org  ON NATL. BLACK HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY, VOCAL-NY CALLS FOR FUNDING FOR STATEWIDE HOUSING FOR NEW YORKERS LIVING WITH HIV VOCAL-NY is Calling for State Lawmakers to Include...

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February 2, 2023

VOCAL-NY Applauds New Furman Center Brief “A State Level Rent Voucher Program”

CONTACT: Joe Loonam, joseph@vocal-ny.org, 347-409-4650 VOCAL-NY APPLAUDS NEW FURMAN CENTER BRIEF “A STATE LEVEL RENT VOUCHER PROGRAM” NEW YORK — Today, in response to a new brief by the the...

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January 31, 2023

GOTHAMIST: NY lawmakers reinvigorate push to upend wrongful convictions:

"I was bullied into pleading guilty to something that I didn't do and that conviction has had a negative impact on my life,” Eileen Maher, a community leader at VOCAL-NY,...

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January 31, 2023

VOCAL-NY Applauds Passage of HAVP Out of Senate Housing Committee

CONTACT: Joe Loonam, joseph@vocal-ny.org, 347-409-4650 VOCAL-NY APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF HAVP OUT OF SENATE HOUSING COMMITTEE ALBANY, N.Y. — Today, the New York Senate Housing Committee passed the Housing Access Voucher...

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January 26, 2023

VOCAL-NY Responds to Mayor Adams’ State of the City

CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org  VOCAL-NY RESPONDS TO MAYOR ADAMS’ STATE OF THE CITY See VOCAL-NY’s 2023 Policy Platform for Mayor Adams and the New York City Council NEW YORK — Today, in response to...

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January 26, 2023

Democrat & chronicle: Most incarcerated New Yorkers now come from upstate, not NYC. What’s behind the shift?:

When New York changed its laws around where incarcerated people were counted, the next step was to quantify which areas sent the most people to prisons, according to VOCAL-NY's civil...

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