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New York state adding $200M more to $2.5B fight against AIDS

November 29, 2015 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 30, 2015 10:12 pm

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will dedicate $200 million more to its $2.5 billion effort to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Monday, the day before World AIDS Day.

The new funding is on top of $2.5 billion New York is already spending to encourage testing and prevention, and support those living with the disease.

The new funding will expand housing assistance statewide for people with HIV and enhance services at "one-stop" STD clinics in New York City.

The state's goal is to decrease the number of new infections to 750 per year by 2020.

Cuomo also announced another milestone in the fight against HIV/AIDS: For the first time in decades, there were no reports of infections passed from mother to child in the past year.

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