by, Mel Tanzman, Executive Director Recently, the Journal News the lower Hudson Valley’s newspaper of record had comprehensive coverage of the sexual offender civil confinement law for psychiatrically disabled individuals called “Connie’s Law”. It gave a quite balanced view of… Read More »Civil Confinement: A violation of Civil Rights
Event details August 3, 2017 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm 914-968-4717 LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES & RAFFLES at YONKERS BREWING Co. located at 92 Main Street in Yonkers! $25 Wristband Donation gets discount on select food and drinks For more info call 914-968-4717 Click… Read More »ROCK FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS FUNDRAISER
Written By: Melissa Lopez-Robles, B.B.A. – Housing Specialist A housing subsidy is a form of economic assistance sponsored by the government. It is aimed towards alleviating housing costs and expenses for needy people with very low or low to moderate… Read More »Housing Subsidies: Difficult to Impossible To Get
by Mel Tanzman, Executive Director These are the closing inspirational words to our Nation’s Pledge of Allegiance. However, as a disability and civil rights activist I know that those in power in our nation have not shown adequate allegiance to… Read More »INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
By Yaw Appiadu, MPH [blockquote name=””]”I worked hard all my life and now the government is using that against me!”[/blockquote] I have heard comments like this many times before from those that come to me for help, their voices filled… Read More »“Systematic Lies” Improvising Poverty for Government Assistance
Achille Iolascon M.A. Systems Advocate As an organization which advocates for the rights of all people with disabilities, we at Westchester Disabled on the Move, Inc.(WDOMI) can vouch for the fact that the lack of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing… Read More »Addressing the Housing Crisis in the City of Yonkers Plaguing Individuals with Disabilities
Michael P. McKinney , [email protected] 12:19 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2017 | Updated 7:04 a.m. ET Jan. 30, 2017 YORKTOWN – An advocacy group for the disabled in Westchester County has alleged in a lawsuit that Yorktown Town Hall has violated the… Read More »BREAKING NEWS – Advocates: Yorktown Hall Doesn’t Comply with ADA
by Richard Howie, CSA- Certified ACA Health Exchange Navigator Dear President-Elect Trump, Congratulations on your victory and god–speed in your first term as president of our great country. I’m writing you today regarding the pending initiatives to Repeal and replace… Read More »MY LETTER TO DONALD TRUMP
By Charlie Italiano, Esq., Health Advocate CHARLIE BEHIND THE WHEEL: “I was surprised to see that I still had the ability to do it” For the past 16 years I have been a quadriplegic. I have had to rely on other… Read More »BEHIND THE WHEEL AGAIN – Driving As a Paraplegic
With the elections approaching we are all hearing the gloom and doom, IE the 25% increases and carriers leaving by the droves. What is the situation for us in New York State. Bottom line, not so bad: Here are some… Read More »ACA/Obamacare – State of the Union for 2017 in New York State