The Center for Disability Rights (CDR) is deeply disappointed in Governor Hochul for advancing an SEIU proposal to defund and devastate the Disability-led organizations that created the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, leaving some Disabled people without services and forcing them into institutions.
The Center for Disability Rights (CDR) commends Senator Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx) for his support of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) and for introducing S.9901, which would establish a licensing system for CDPAP fiscal intermediaries and provide a viable alternative to Governor Kathy Hochul’s attack on CDPAP and the Disability Community.
The CDR/RCIL Board Governance Committee is launching a SWOT Analysis for the Strategic Plan. We are looking for YOUR input. Our stakeholders, consumers, consumer family…Read More
Center for Disability Rights (CDR) & Regional Center for Independent Living (RCIL) will hold the 2024 annual membership meeting via mail. Members, keep an eye on your mailbox for the annual meeting notice. Results will be posted on the CDR website, under the NEWS tab in late September.
The Center for Disability Rights is outraged by the Democratic National Committee’s decision to invite Governor Kathy Hochul to speak at the DNC Convention. “The DNC’s decision to elevate someone who is attacking Disabled people and the services that allow us to live in freedom is a slap in our face,” said CDR’s Chair of the Board of Directors.
Since her comments calling the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program a “racket,” Governor Hochul has continued to demonstrate ableist behavior by ignoring multiple communications from leaders within the Disability community. In response, ILCs and Disability activists will be protesting the Governor’s Disability Pride event today.
In response to her calling CDPAP a “racket,” CDR President/CEO Bruce Darling requests a meeting with Governor Hochul to discuss the future of independent living centers and Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Services. We call on Disabled New Yorkers to demand better from Governor Hochul.
CDR responds to the Supreme Court’s recent dangerous decision to overturn the 1984 Chevron doctrine.
CDR President & CEO Bruce Darling speaks on Juneteenth, solidarity between marginalized communities, and the shared fight for freedom at June’s MISCC meeting. The Center for Disability Rights will remain open on June 19, 2024.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Center for Disability Rights secures an agreement with the Mental Health Association of Rochester/Monroe County to provide access to a Deaf woman utilizing an ASL Interpreter for MHA services.
The Center for Disability Rights responds to the New York State 2024-2025 Fiscal Year Budget and breaks down what this final budget means for Disabled New Yorkers.
In a historic win for the disability community, Governor Hochul has changed her budget proposal to protect Independent Living Centers and the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program.
Disability activists with CDR stage successful sleep-in at the New York State Capitol in Albany; SEIU joins forces with ILCs to protect CDPAP.
Governor Hochul and Speaker Heastie’s proposed budget would gut funding for ILCs and CDPAP.
On behalf of CDR & RCIL, THANK YOU to our members who participated in the 2023 Annual Membership Meeting…by MAIL. NOTE: The meeting was delayed…Read More