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Community Health Centers Rally Across the State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 24, 2021 Contact:Jennifer Johnson-Avril, Housing Works, j.johnson-avril@housingworks.org, 646.732.1573 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS RALLY ACROSS STATE TO TELL GOVERNOR CUOMO: STOP THE HEALTHCARE HYPOCRISYDON’T SHRED THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SAFETY NETRally and Speak-outs Across State Including in Front of Governor Cuomo’s NYC Office New York– In a statewide Day of Action to Save…
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Virtual Press Conference to Save NYS Safety Net
“Harlem United thanks the NYC Council for passing Resolution 1529 and standing up for NY’s safety net providers and the communities we serve. It is critically important to the health and safety of NY’s most vulnerable and underserved communities–the very communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic–that the pharmacy carve-out be rejected. If implemented, the…
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Protect Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
Public Health Solutions’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Centers are in danger of closing due to an unexpected budget cut of 1.8 million dollars in the New York State executive budget. Harlem United engaged in the critical advocacy effort in a letter asking the NYS legislature to restore this funding. Read our letter You can support…
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IN THE MEDIA: New York Expands Vaccine Access to People Living with HIV
By Tat Bellamy-Walker Gay City News “Governor Cuomo’s decision to prioritize access to the COVID-19 vaccination for the most vulnerable among us, those living with co-morbidities such as HIV and other immunocompromising conditions, is exactly the approach we need in New York City.” – Jacqui Kilmer, the CEO of Harlem United Governor Andrew Cuomo has expanded…
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IN THE MEDIA: Overwhelmed LGBTQ Health Centers Scramble to Vaccinate New Yorkers
By Tat Bellamy-Walker Gay City News “When we’re in the trenches, they keep asking us to do more,” said Tom Marino, chief transformation officer for Harlem United, a community health center in Manhattan. “But we don’t know how much more we can give. There are people who are sick because they’re exhausted, and when you have…
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IN THE MEDIA: Cuomo’s proposed Medicaid reforms disrupt the care of vulnerable New Yorkers
By Jacquelyn Kilmer, CEOAM New York In his State of the State address on Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo closed on a hopeful note, listing a series of our achievements as a state in the face of people telling us “it can’t be done.” One of the achievements he mentioned was ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Surprising,…
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Harlem United Signs on to Letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Harlem United, along with 200 other healthcare groups, sent a letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy urging the Biden Administration to pursue proven solutions to end the overdose crisis and the drug war. Key policy recommendations include: Ground the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in evidence-based drug policies backed by…
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Countdown to Crisis – Save NY Safety Net 340B Town Hall
On Wednesday, December 2, Harlem United and our Save NY’s Safety Net coalition partners hosted a virtual town hall—Countdown to Crisis: How the Medicaid Drug Carve Out Will Reverse Progress in the Battle Against HIV/AIDS. Harlem United was represented by Jacqui Kilmer, CEO, and Tamisha McPherson, Executive Director of URAM and Chief External Affairs and…
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Harlem United Responds to Gov. Cuomo’s World Aids Day Press Release
For Immediate Release Press Contact: Mari Eva Mendes | mmendes@harlemunited.org | m:646.505.7322 HARLEM UNITED RESPONDS TO GOV. CUOMO’S WORLD AIDS DAY PRESS RELEASE Each World AIDS Day, the Governor issues a press release honoring the day and celebrating the progress we have made in the fight to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Yesterday was no different.…
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FGC In the Clinic: A Dialogue between Survivors and Healthcare Professionals
6pm EST on December 8th, 2020 Dr. Deborah Ottenheimer, Director of Harlem United’s Women’s Holistic Health Initiative, will join other panelists for a conversation between healthcare professionals and survivors of female genital mutilation (FGC) as they speak about their unique experiences in the clinic. Hosted by Sahiyo, the event will feature speakers exploring the vital…
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