New York State Senator Tom Duane, spoke in support of a measure that would cap “shelter costs” (rent and utilities) for people living with HIV and AIDS and already receiving public assistance. Openly gay and HIV-positive, Sen. Duane is the prime backer of the gay marriage legislation that has been one of many issues sidelined in the wake of the Senate coup — and you can hear some of the pent-up frustration about that issue in the Manhattan Democrat’s coruscating, stem-winding oratory.
