disabled care

Our Falling into Place series spotlights the important work of -and fosters collaboration between- not-for-profit organizations in our communities;…

At least three times in recent years, families whose disabled loved ones allegedly suffered devastating mistreatment while in state institutions were…

Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation intended to clear what one lawmaker said in June was a waiting list of 12,000 disabled individuals who needed…

A New York assemblyman and longtime advocate for the disabled has settled a federal lawsuit claiming his disabled son was hit and verbally abused at the…

A new survey of medical specialists by researchers in Springfield Massachusetts found many could not accommodate patients who use a wheelchair. The 1990…

One of the areas of disagreement in the state budget centers on funding for services for New York’s developmentally disabled people. Governor Cuomo in his…

A congressional committee has been looking into why the federal government overpaid New York State by more than $10 billion for the care of…

The Assembly and Senate have passed legislation they say will curb abuses against disabled people in state care. Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have agreed on a sweeping reform of the state's system of caring for the disabled that has…