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CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens Discusses Governor Cuomo's Plan to End the HIV Epidemic in New York State (2014)

 

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Catherine Hanssens
CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens

Last weekend, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan to eradicate the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the state within six years, an announcement that met praise from advocates but was not without its critics. One of those critics, Catherine Hanssens, executive director of the Center for HIV Law and Policy, sat down with NY1's Michael Herzenberg to share some of those concerns.

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