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“Vocational salience allows all human beings to find purpose, social involvement, aspiration, life achievement, monetary reward, and the opportunity to offer themselves to the world as a change agent.”

ByHarvey Epstein

BySharon McLennon Wier 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Don’t Overlook Disabled New Yorkers in Congestion Pricing Plan

“In its current form, the state’s congestion pricing plan falls short of meaningfully addressing impacts on New York’s disabled community—a community the MTA has neglected for decades.”

ByRebecca Lamorte 1Comment

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Apr 2022

Government Justice Politics

NY to Make Absentee Ballots More Accessible for Voters with Disabilities

A federal court approved the terms of a settlement agreement that requires the NYS Board of Elections create a statewide remote mail-in system so that voters who are blind, or…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Defendants Living with Mental Illness Need Treatment, Not Jail

“More than half of Rikers inmates are affected by mental illness and almost 17 percent have a serious mental health diagnosis. Yet throughout New York State, there are 30 mental…

ByMatt Kudish

ByMargaret Byrne

ByAlexa James 1Comment

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Apr 2022

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: Make New York City a National Leader in Employment for People With Disabilities

“In 2021, nearly 17 percent of all working-age New Yorkers with a disability were unemployed—more than double the pre-pandemic level. These disproportionately steep economic losses compound with structural inequities that…

ByMelissa Lent

ByEli Dvorkin 1Comment

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Dec 2021

Economy Government In Depth

What’s Driving the Shortage of Home Healthcare Workers in NY? Low Wages, Advocates Say

“People who do this work love it. You have to love working with people,” says State Assemblymember Karines Reyes, who is a nurse. But she adds, “If you can get…

ByGail Robinson 4Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

Many of the issues homeless new Yorkers with health problems face—abrupt transfers, inaccessible accommodations, shelters in isolated areas—existed long before the pandemic, but they have been laid bare as Mayor…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court

The legal motion, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, accuses the city of a one-size-fits-all strategy that violates the rights of disabled shelter residents to accessible dwellings.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Government Justice

New York’s New Accessible Absentee Ballots Aren’t Accessible Enough, Voters Say

New Yorkers with disabilities had mixed reactions to the accessible absentee ballot option that the state Board of Elections (BOE) implemented for the June 23 primary.

ByEthan Stark-Miller 1Comment

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Jun 2020

Government Justice

Officials and Advocates Agree on Plan to Make June 23 Voting More Accessible

While advocates are happy they won this concession, it only applies to the June 23 primary. A lawsuit to make absentee voting in future elections accessible is ongoing.

ByEthan Stark-Miller 1Comment

Opinion: Employment Matters to the Disabled Community

Opinion: Don’t Overlook Disabled New Yorkers in Congestion Pricing Plan

NY to Make Absentee Ballots More Accessible for Voters with Disabilities

Opinion: Defendants Living with Mental Illness Need Treatment, Not Jail

Opinion: Make New York City a National Leader in Employment for People With Disabilities

What’s Driving the Shortage of Home Healthcare Workers in NY? Low Wages, Advocates Say

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court

New York’s New Accessible Absentee Ballots Aren’t Accessible Enough, Voters Say

Officials and Advocates Agree on Plan to Make June 23 Voting More Accessible

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