housing works is a non profit organization based in new york helping homeless people living with hiv/aids. “In 1990, four members of the legendary AIDS activist group ACT UP—Keith Cylar, Charles King, Eric Sawyer and Virginia Shubert—decided to dedicate themselves to serving one of New York City’s most neglected populations: the tens of thousands of homeless men, women, and … More nyc. housing works. bookstore and cafe.