300 Rally on Steps of City Hall for HASA

Four New York City Councilpeople Attend

NEW YORK, NY: Sept. 25, 2007: 300 people rallied at City Hall, many of them standing on the steps of City Hall with colorful banners and signs demanding "HASA for All!" The rally culminated in the delivery of two letters, one to City Council Speaker Chris Quinn and one to Mayor Bloomberg.

Ralliers want legislation passed that would expand the eligibility of benefits received from the City’s HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) -- which includes enhanced rental assistance and increased food and nutrition, and transportation supports -- to low-income individuals who are currently HIV-asymptomatic. This is known as HASA For ALL.


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New Yorkers Demanding HASA at City Hall on Sept. 25, 2007

We Include

Act-UP NYC
African Services Committee
AIDS Day Services Association (ADSA)
AIDS Family Center/Montefiore Medical Center (MMC)
AIDS Service Center Of NewYork City
Bailey House
Balm in Gilead

Betances Health Center

Black Veteran for Social Justice

Boriken Neighborhood Health Center

Bronx AIDS Services

Brooklyn AIDS Task Force (BATF)

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center

Care for the Homeless

Church Avenue Merchants Block Association (CAMBA)

CitiWide Harm Reduction

Coalition for the Hispanic Family Services

Coalition for the Homeless

Community Health Action of Staten Island

Community Healthcare Network

Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)

Diaspora Community Services

Dreadin' House/ACE-OUT

East New York Diagnostic and Treatment Center

Exponents/ARRIVE

Frost'd

Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)

God's Love we Deliver

Harlem United Community AIDS Center

Health and Education Alternatives for Teens Program (HEAT)/SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Health and Human Services Planning Council of New York

HELP/Project Samaritan

Heritage Health and Housing Inc

Heterick-Martin Institute

Housing Works

Iris House

Lafayette Presbyterian Church

Life Force: Women Fighting AIDS

Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center (LESHRC)

Metropolitan Council on Housing

Montefiore Medical Center/AIDS Family Center

National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (BLCA)

New York AIDS Coalition

New York City AIDS Housing Network

New York City Prevention Planning Group

Partnership for the Homeless

Project Hospitality

The Bridge Inc.

Women in Prison