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As Mayor Michael Bloomberg honored HIV/AIDS service providers at his annual World AIDS Day breakfast at Gracie Mansion, he announced proposed budget cuts to programs that help New Yorkers with the virus.

Members of the public are warmly invited to help Housing Works commemorate World AIDS Day, December 1, at Bookstore Cafe and the 12 thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn - as well as on Housing Works website.

For the past three years, one of "Design on a Dime’s" brightest design stars has been Tulsa-born interior designer Joshua Ingraham who has created rooms for the Housing Works benefit that have been as big and bold as Ingraham’s personality.

While most New Yorkers know about Barney’s Warehouse Sale, true-blooded fashionistas wait each year for Fashion for Action, Housing Works’ four-day sale with more than 150 brands of designer merchandise at charitable prices.

Housing Works Thrift Shops’ incredible Fashion for Action 2011 charity event and designer sale, chaired by Thom Browne, Rachel Roy and Patricia Clarkson, is your first stop for jaw-dropping deals on $1 million worth of brand-new merchandise.

Housing Works announced the details of its eighth annual Fashion for Action fall fundraiser. Fashion for Action is a four-day charitable designer shopping event that raises funds for homeless and low- income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.

Welcome back to autumn. And here’s good fashion news. Housing Works’ seasonal "Best of" shopping events (formerly known as Previews) are back with a vengeance. Housing Works Best of Fall sales begin August 30!

Back by popular demand, Housing Works wants you to BUY THE BAG! You give them $25 and they will give you a bag to fill up with clothes, accessories and everything in between from their amazing warehouse in Long Island City.

Housing Works is pleased to announce the hottest patio party of the summer - Labor of Love, the Labor Day Weekend Benefit for Housing Works.

The design and fashion cognoscenti flocked to New York’s most popular interior design benefit event, Housing Works’ Design on a Dime, which opened with a sold-out VIP reception and opening night soiree at Metropolitan Pavilion. Check out the glam photos.