FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Bruce Darling: (585) 546-7510 Linda Taylor: (585) 546-7510 The Center for Disability Rights (CDR) is hosting a…Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Gregg Beratan: (610) 247-4188 Center for Disability Rights concerned about homecare agencies misrepresenting state rules, to deny…Read More

The Center for Disability Rights (CDR) has been notified by the state that it has been approved as a lead Fiscal Intermediary for the Consumer…Read More

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

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

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

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

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

Everyone at the Center for Disability Rights sends our love to you and your family during these difficult and unprecedented times. All in-person events have…Read More

People assume that every Deaf-Blind person has a Support Services Provider to help them travel, read and communicate because they hear how Helen Keller had Anne…Read More

Recently local news outlet WXXI covered the need for increased independent living resources for Disabled New Yorkers. Check it out: https://www.wxxinews.org/post/disability-community-still-fighting-independent-living Thank you Jensen and…Read More

On July 6th, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued a report intended to determine the cause of the outbreak of COVID-19 in…Read More

The Most Integrated Settings Coordinating Council (MISCC) will be meeting on Monday, June 29, at 10 am. The Agenda and viewing link can be found here. …Read More

This Juneteenth we continue to strive for the day Black people across the world are truly free. We respect and honor the millions of Black…Read More