New York Must Avoid the Slippery Slope! Dec 10, 2025 0 35 STIC The Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) bill, A.136/S.138, now sits on Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk awaiting her signature. Reports suggest she may add a few “safeguards” before signing, but these are superfi... Read more
Deafblind funding largely restored Oct 22, 2025 0 154 STIC After furious public outcry, the Trump Administration reversed itself and restored the funding for the deafblind programs. However, it is too soon to declare unconditional victory; the funding is bein... Read more
Trump Administration cuts funding for deafblind children Sep 19, 2025 0 463 STIC Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc... Read more
Myth and Reality about CDPAP amidst the PPL takeover Jul 31, 2025 0 610 STIC This is a reprint of a press release jointly issued by the New York Association of Independent Living and The Caring Majority. A City State story on the CDPAP transition today cited a PPL study on fra... Read more
Advocacy preserves Accessibility Jul 31, 2025 0 460 STIC The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) tried to bulldoze through a rule change without the standard public comment period. It wanted to change a key disability rights law, specifically Section 504 of the... Read more
Oppose forced institutionalization of homeless people Jul 29, 2025 0 522 Our blog STIC In a previous blog post, https://www.stic-cil.org/blog/our-blog-1/protect-mental-health-rights-and-expand-voluntary-supports-in-new-york-4 , we discussed our opposition to New York Governor Hochul's i... Read more
Trump Administration "saves" subminimum wage jobs Jul 16, 2025 0 421 STIC In our Spring 2025 issue, we celebrated the Department of Labor’s announcement to phase out 14(c) certificates—finally moving to end the outdated and discriminatory policy that allowed people with dis... Read more
STIC working to Save Medicaid Jun 30, 2025 0 642 Our blog STIC A dozen advocates from STIC joined a good-sized demonstration at the Federal Building in downtown Binghamton on June 30 urging the House and Senate to reject the irresponsible, catastrophic, trillion ... Read more
CourtsWatch, Summer 2025 -- UPDATE Jun 18, 2025 0 714 STIC A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools: Defining the standard of “reasonable” This case comes to us from the Minneapolis suburbs, where a student, A.J.T. (“Ava”), with a profound disability moved to the school ... Read more
Juneteenth Jun 18, 2025 0 738 Our blog STIC As we approach Juneteenth Freedom Day, I want to take a moment to reflect on the significance of this important day. Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the moment in 1865 when the last enslaved ... Read more
Protect Mental Health Rights and Expand Voluntary Supports in New York Jun 5, 2025 0 625 Our blog Matt Wolfram Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) strongly opposes the expansion of involuntary mental health treatment in New York State. Instead, we advocate for a mental health system that prioritizes volun... Read more
