FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2011 Bruce Darling, President & CEO, bdarling@cdrnys.org Diane Coleman, Director of Advocacy, dcoleman@cdrnys.org Melanie Shaw, Executive Director/NYAIL, mshaw@ilny.org Disability Rights…Read More
On Valentine’s Day, one day before over 250 independent living advocates filled the corridors of the New York State Legislature on the annual NYAIL Legislative…Read More
Yesterday, Governor Cuomo released his 2011-2012 Executive Budget. Like we do every year, CDR will issue an overview of the budget’s impact on people with…Read More
Cuomo’s Budget Contains Unanswered Questions Karen DeWitt (2011-02-02) ALBANY, NEW YORK (WXXI) – Governor Andrew Cuomo released a budget plan Tuesday that he said would shake…Read More
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget draws mixed reaction locally Jill Terreri • Staff writer • February 2, 2011 Democrat and Chronicle Gov. Andrew Cuomo either has…Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2011 Rochester: Diane Coleman, Director of Advocacy, (585) 546-7510, dcoleman@cdrnys.org Albany: Leah Farrell, Policy Analyst, (518) 320-7100, lfarrell@cdrnys.org People with…Read More
Medicaid Funding Targeted in State Budget By Rachel Barnhart, 13WHAM For Video with Captioning, Click Here Rochester, N.Y. – Debbie Bonomo gets 15 hours of…Read More
Rochester ADAPT activists from the Center for Disability Rights took our message to Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team at a hearing held in Rochester on…Read More
For Immediate Release: January 19, 2011 Chris Hilderbrant, Chief Operating Officer, (585) 546-7510, childerbrant@cdrnys.org Advocates, People With Disabilities and Other Stakeholders to Testify to Medicaid…Read More
Ideas for Reshaping Medicaid Reported By: Caroline Turner, Channel 8 Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to reshape New York State’s Medicaid program. It’s a program that…Read More
CDR Press Release on State of the State address by Governor Cuomo (PDF) CDR Press Release on State of the State address by Governor Cuomo…Read More
Editor’s Note: Leah Farrell was interviewed about the CDR/NYAIL Medicaid proposals on WBAI Radio’s “The Largest Minority.” To listen, click here. Leah FarrellIt’s a new…Read More
Although we stabilized CDR after Monroe County had terminated the contract with CDR to serve as a fiscal intermediary in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance…Read More
Along with the beginning of the new Governor, Andrew M. Cuomo’s, tenure this coming January, there will also be a new term of the state…Read More
This is my first time writing for the CDR blog, but I’ve never been one to keep my mouth shut when things are not right….Read More