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- February 5, 2021
The #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackDisabledLivesMatter movement exists 24hr, 365days a year with the focus of ending the killing and harm of Black bodies. In Rochester, NY…Read More
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- February 2, 2021
February 2, 2021 Disabled New Yorkers are the Acceptable Losses and Collateral Damage in Governor Cuomo’s War on COVID Governor Cuomo spent a considerable amount of…Read More
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- January 29, 2021
On January 20, 2021 the United States marked one year since the first death of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). On January 19, 2021 then President-elect Biden…Read More
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- January 22, 2021
CDR wishes to highlight a few things that have stood out immediately in a preliminary analysis. In his budget address, much like his State of…Read More
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- January 19, 2021
Did you know that in addition to advocacy and program services, the Center for Disability Rights (CDR) sponsors an adaptive sports program for young individuals…Read More
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- January 15, 2021
Watching New York Governor Cuomo for the last ten years one gets the sense that he was one of those children who stared the first…Read More
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- January 12, 2021
On January 12, 2021, Governor Cuomo gave the second in a series of speeches that will constitute his 2021 State of the State Address. During…Read More
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- January 12, 2021
Governor Cuomo has once again failed to help Deaf New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight months ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo needed to…Read More
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- January 11, 2021
Every year Center for Disability Rights offers its analysis of The Governor’s 2021 State of the State message. Today, Governor Cuomo gave the first in…Read More
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- January 7, 2021
Yesterday it was confirmed that Georgia voters through a democratic and fair process elected the first Black Senator of their state and in the United…Read More
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- January 6, 2021
Susan Stahl has worked in our nursing facility transition services department for over ten years. Everyday she works to ensure Disabled and older New Yorkers…Read More
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- January 4, 2021
Today, the Center for Disability Rights (CDR) announced that it had distributed $1,000,000 in bonuses to attendants in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). …Read More
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- December 18, 2020
Throughout the current pandemic, the Center for Disability Rights has continued to work tirelessly to ensure disabled people’s right to live in the community. Even…Read More
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- December 11, 2020
Hello, for those of you who don’t know me my name is Ann Kaplow and I am an Open Doors (Money Follows the Person) Transition Specialist…Read More
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- December 2, 2020
CDR was outraged by a YouTube video in which a woman hides her boyfriend’s wheelchair and then films him as he pulls himself through the…Read More