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The Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC) has been awarded a Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation 2013 Quality of Life grant in the amount of $6,000 in the Adaptive Sports category to support the New York Rollin’ KNICKS Basketball Team. The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life grants program was conceived by the late […]

October 22, 2016 Amelia Brown Luke Skau Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Ava Fiacco Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 RE: S.7873-B / A.9835-B; NYS Medical Indemnity Fund Dear Governor Cuomo, As an organization that advocates for persons with disabilities and families of neurologically injured children who are enrolled in […]

SUPPORT S.5535/A.7598 Dear Senator Flanagan: I am writing to request that you support Assembly Bill 7598/Senate Bill 5535. This bill addresses the transition of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) waiver populations into managed care. The TBI and NHTD populations are relatively small (TBI contains about 2,800 persons; NHTD […]

Journal News Submission November 8, 2015 Are you looking for accessible housing in Westchester and Putnam Counties? Good luck. Fortunately, pending bills in the New York State Senate and Assembly may provide options to address this systemic problem. Senate bill S.4597 sponsored by Senator Krueger, and Assembly bill A.6402 sponsored by Assembly member Simon would […]

Mr. Philip Zegarelli Village Manager Village of Briarcliff Manor 1111 Pleasantville Road Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 April 26, 2014 Re: New Voting Machines Dear Mr. Zegarelli: As an advocate for persons with disabilities and as a voter with a disability, I am deeply troubled by your aggressive opposition to the recent implementation of the HAVA […]

Re: “Woman born with dwarfism teaches life lesson in acceptance,” May 22, 2012 article: Unfortunately, Ms. Ramaswamy’s story did little to enlighten Journal News readers about the importance of embracing diversity when it comes to per sons with disabilities. It actually promoted the opposite view, reinforcing att itudinal discrimination, with an overemphasis on Geri Mariano’ […]

By Lisa Tarricone (Original Publication the Journal News: February 4, 2006) Last November, the state Board of Elections approved prelim inary regulations for the purchase of new voting machines in order to comply with the federal He lp America Vote Act. The draft New Voting Machine Regulations, according to the state, “will ensure meaningful access […]

By LISA TARRICONE (Original Publication: Journal News June 12, 2005) We have a propensity to create feel-good acts of justice when things go wrong. In order to appease public unease during times of random violence, laws spring up to pay homage to certain victims while professing to better serve the public. Kendra’s Law is one […]