47 Held After Cuomo Is Beset by AIDS Group
Hundreds of AIDS activists converged on Albany and confronted Gov. Mario M. Cuomo at his heavily guarded home Wednesday before marching to the Capitol, where police hauled away scores of demonstrators.
The protest, conducted by the Aids Coalition To Unleash Power, or ACT UP, was intended to draw attention to the need for more extensive health, welfare and insurance benefits for AIDS patients, organizers said.
At least 47 people were arrested.
Cuomo has proposed spending $266 million on AIDS, a jump of $61 million over last year, but it’s an amount the activists say is woefully inadequate.
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