DRNY's Newsletter - Empire State of Rights, Volume 2- 2019

A PUBLICATION OF DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW YORK

2019 - Volume 2

Disability Rights New York (DRNY) is the Protection & Advocacy System and Client Assistance Program for persons with disabilities in New York State. DRNY advocates for the civil and legal rights for New Yorkers with disabilities.

Class Action Lawsuit Against NYS:

Inmates Are Held in Prison Past Their Release Dates

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DRNY filed a joint lawsuit with the Legal Aid Society of NYC on behalf of several named New Yorkers with mental illness who have been held in prison because of a lack of community-based mental health housing and services. Each plaintiff has either fully completed their criminal sentences or has been approved for parole, yet each remain imprisoned. Some have been waiting nearly a year and a half to be released and others have been languishing for months waiting for community-based services to been located.

Full Complaint

Legislative Testimony

As the 2019-2020 Executive Budget Proposal process got underway, we submitted comments to the State Legislature about the lack of adequate supports and services for people with developmental disabilities. We educated policymakers by providing a detailed assessment of New York’s current system. Our complete testimony is available here .

22nd Annual Special Education Task Force Conference

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March 29, 2019 ~ 9:00 AM—4:00 PM

(Registration Begins at 8:30 AM)

The Hilton Garden Inn, 235 Hoosick Street

Troy, New York 12180

Building Trust: Trauma-Informed Strategies That Work

Susan R.K. Jones, MSEd, Broome-Tioga BOCES

Inclusion Works! Here’s How...

Diana Lawrence-Brown, Ph.D, St. Bonaventure University

Pathways to Graduation

Jessica Barlow, Esq. and Jennifer Feeley, Esq.

Disability Rights New York

Challenging Behavior: Functional Behavioral

Assessments That Work

Gina Cosgrove, PsyD and Kelly Brock, M.S.

Chelsea Place Psychological Services

Restorative Practices and School Discipline:

Addressing and Repairing Harm

Andrew Prinzing, Center for Restoration and Justice

Dina Thompson, Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition

Students with Anxiety: Practical Strategies

and Effective Partnerships

Emily Cicardi, LMC, ECS Psychological Services

Sex Education and Students with Disabilities

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood

Bullying & Students with Disabilities

Sara Mendicino, Esq., Disability Rights New York

The Ins and Outs of Testing Accommodations

Tara Moffett, Esq. Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C.

Steve Oill, Parsons Child and Family Center

Keynote

The State of the State on Special

Education

Christopher Suriano

Assistant Commissioner

Office of Special

Education New York State Education

Department

Registrations must be received no later than

March 22, 2019

Public Interest Legal Careers Fair at NYU

We attended the NYU Public Interest Legal Careers Fair. The event was well attended and we were excited to share the work of DRNY.

New York Indian Council Podcast

In this edition of Empire State of Rights Closed Captioned, our guest , Sutton King, Wellness Director of New York Indian Council, discusses the mission of the New York Indian Council and its services.

If you have topics you would like for us to discuss, send an email to podcast@drny.org

Do you know someone with a passion for civil rights and advocating for people with disabilities? Please refer them to DRNY’s employment opportunities page for our open positions.

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DRNY is supported by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration; U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration; and, the Social Security Administration. This Newsletter does not represent the views, positions or policies of, or the endorsements by, any of these federal agencies.

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