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Mayor Bloomberg Commemorates World AIDS Day and Launches ‘Brooklyn Knows’ Voluntary HIV Testing Initiative

December 2010

Brooklyn KnowsNew Brooklyn Effort Will Build on Successful Bronx Testing Program

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced an ambitious new initiative in New York City’s fight against HIV/AIDS. In a morning commemoration of World AIDS Day, the Mayor officially launched Brooklyn Knows, a community-based testing effort that aims to help a half-million Brooklyn residents learn their HIV status over the next four years, and highlighted the city’s leadership to date in making HIV testing a routine part of health care. The Mayor was joined at the Brooklyn Public Library by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley, and awardees who accepted a proclamation and individual certificates for their extraordinary work in helping New York City combat the epidemic: Dr. Leonard Berkowitz, Medical Director of the PATH (Program for AIDS Treatment and Health) Center; Elaine Greeley, Executive Director of Brooklyn AIDS Task Force; Dr. Luis Freddy Molano, Assistant Vice President for HIV Programs at the Community Healthcare Network; and Dr. David Holson, Director of Emergency Medicine at Queens Hospital Center.

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For more information, please visit the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml.