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Oh New York, How the Mighty Have Fallen

A 2025 Update from DNY ADAPT’s Medicaid Advocacy Group For years, disabled New Yorkers have endured relentless and deliberate attacks not only on our healthcare services but on our very ability to live safely in the community. Former Governor Cuomo gutted the Medicaid program by proposing massive cuts and stricter eligibility criteria for home careContinue reading “Oh New York, How the Mighty Have Fallen”

DNY ADAPT 2025-26 Budget Position Statement

Re: 2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health Dear Senator Krueger and Assembly Member Pretlow: These comments are submitted on behalf of Downstate New York ADAPT, a chapter of National ADAPT, the nation’s largest grassroots, non-hierarchical community of disabled people that fight for the right to live and fully participate in the community. We areContinue reading “DNY ADAPT 2025-26 Budget Position Statement”