The Committee to Save New York, an advocacy group, spent millions to advance Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s agenda last year, but most of the money came from a small number of wealthy donors.
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$12 Million to Help Cuomo Came From Just 20 Donors
Suicide prevention, post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury will be the focus of an online interactive forum for military families Thursday hosted by Facebook . The social media giant is joining with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the military family advocacy group Blue Star Families to launch a new “military crisis” service that will seek to connect friends and families with concerns about veterans and military family members with resources such as the Veterans Crisis Line. Read full article > >
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Facebook hosting online forum for military families
Documents obtained by an advocacy group question the handling of animals used in the production of the canceled series “Luck.”
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New Questions About Treatment of Horses on HBO’s ‘Luck’
An AIDS advocacy group seeking stricter enforcement of laws requiring condoms on movie sets has put a measure on the city ballot.
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Los Angeles to Vote on Condoms for Pornography Actors
Cash-strapped states are scaling back efforts to provide life-saving medicines to HIV patients. The result: more than 8,300 people – a record number — are on waiting lists in 13 states to get antiretrovirals and other drugs used to treat HIV and AIDS or the side effects, mental health conditions or opportunistic infections. And that number probably understates the need, say advocates , who note that many states have simply eliminated waiting lists or reduced eligibility. “States that have changed their eligibility programs or don’t have a waiting list, or some states have disenrolled their patients, that’s a kind of silent crisis, I think,” said Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality , an advocacy group on gay issues. His state holds the second-highest number of patients on a waiting list: 1,520. Read full article > >
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States cut back efforts to provide drugs for HIV, AIDS
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a nonprofit energy-efficiency advocacy group, considered factors other than fuel economy in compiling its annual Green Book list.
