2024-2025 Public Comment Period for DRNY Program Priorities

For Immediate Release

PLEASE HELP DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW YORK

DISTRIBUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

Your Voice Matters!!

Every year, DRNY is required to create subject matter priorities for its programs. We are asking YOU for your comments and suggestions. Once finalized, these priorities will be a statement of where DRNY will focus its advocacy efforts and resources for people with disabilities during the next fiscal year.

DRNY Proposed Program Priorities for the period

October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025

can be found here.

Please review these Proposed Priorities, and provide your comments and suggestions.

You can email your comments to us at the following addresses:

contact@drny.org

You can also mail your comments to:

Disability Rights New York

Attn: Priorities

279 Troy Road, Ste 9

PMB 236

Rensselaer NY 12144

If you prefer to discuss your comments rather than put them in writing, please contact DRNY at (518) 432-7861.

All comments received by August 19, 2024 will be given full consideration.

Thank you for helping DRNY provide the best possible advocacy services to people with disabilities in New York State.

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DRNY is the designated independent non-profit Protection & Advocacy System empowered by Congress to investigate allegations of abuse and neglect and provide legal and non-legal advocacy services to people with disabilities in New York State. The Protection & Advocacy System was created by Congress as a direct result of the horrific conditions that were uncovered in the 1970's at New York’s Willowbrook State School.

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DRNY is supported at tax payer expense by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, The Administration for Community Living; Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration; U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration; and, the Social Security Administration.

Press releases do not represent the views, positions or policies of, or the endorsements by, any of these federal agencies.

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