6 AIDS activists, including Brooklyn man, arrested at NY Capitol after funding rally
Six AIDS activists were arrested after refusing to leave the state Capitol on Monday night following a rally to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers to budget more money for the state’s plan to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020.
The six were handcuffed after officers told them the Capitol was closed for the day. They had intended to remain in the Capitol until Tuesday afternoon.
The group is seeking $70 million in state money to fund Cuomo’s plan to reduce new infections to 750 per year by 2020, down from 3,200 cases in 2013. It says the Democratic governor’s proposed budget includes only $10 million to support the plan.