The Adams administration is reversing course on its proposal to slash millions of dollars in HIV/AIDS funding from the city Health Department in the upcoming budget, Gay City News has learned.
Multiple sources close to budget negotiations say the mayor is fully restoring the $5.3 million for HIV/AIDS services in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s budget, representing a major victory for non-profit service providers and advocates who sounded the alarm about how the cuts would have had a detrimental impact on critically important programs, including one intended to help people living with HIV adhere to their medications.
