Will There Be Crisis as GMHC Relocates?

In any other city, were the headquarters of a AIDS services organization to move a few blocks, there would be barely a ripple of acknowledgment. But when the Gay Men’s Health Crisis moves from West 24th Street, in the heart of Chelsea in New York City, to the desert of West 33rd Street, there is uproar. And after much debate (and opposition from Larry Kramer), the organization is indeed decamping — to save some $24 million over the life of the new 8.5-year lease.