The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Manhattan, New York City is emerging rapidly. Although the number of HIV infections seems to be declining, the amount of individuals advancing to full-blown AIDS is actually increasing. The number reported as of March 31, 2007 of people living with HIV/AIDS was 29,864 [1]. The amount of people with HIV may in essence be higher because it is estimated that about twenty-five percent of the people living with HIV don’t even know they are infected with the disease [1]. This is a problem that the government and community at large need to confront. According to data indicating the number of people currently living with AIDS, the problematic region that primarily needs to be focused on in Manhattan is Harlem. The cumulative AIDS rates of Harlem are 31,626. The obstacles to implementing deterrence methods to those at high risk for the virus deal with certain populations within Manhattan such as the immigrants and women at high risk for HIV or already have the disease. There is also a certain drawback within some institutions such as the Black Church which restricts service due to lack of financial resources. The examination of previous establishments and occurrences attest to the fact that new methods of prevention need to be introduced in order to discontinue the overabundance of the disease within Manhattan’s problematic region.