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Report: AIDS Spending May Force Cuts In Other Agencies

As the annual scrap over New York’s next budget gathers steam and agencies nationwide grow wary of cuts mandated by the failure of the “supercomittee”, care for city AIDS patients remains to look secure. The Independent Budget Office has just released a report detailing how changes in the AIDS patient population and the nature of the disease will most likely force City Hall to look for savings elsewhere. Read More

Hospital Drama

Sheldon Silver after his bike accident. (Photo: Stephen Crowley/New York Times)

Silver Keeps Surgery in the Family After Bike Fall

Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver – last seen sporting a set of bruises, stitches, and scabs all over his face after a bike fall – has checked into hospital for treatment on knee swelling caused by the same accident. The speaker was in Puerto Rico for the annual Somos el Futuro conference, where politicians schmooze with labor leaders and lobbyists ostensibly over Hispanic-related issues, earlier this month when he took a nasty spin after the bike he rented hit a San Juan pothole. Read More