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STIC responds to Governor's budget

STIC responds to Governor's budget

Feb 4, 2026

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STIC responds to Governor's budget

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2026 Contact: Jennifer Watson 607-724-2111 jenniferw@stic-cil.org Southern Tier Independence Center Calls on State Leaders to Increase Funding for Independent Living ...

A Deadly Mistake

Jan 7, 2026

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A Deadly Mistake

Governor Hochul announced an agreement with the Legislature to advance legislation legalizing medical aid in dying in New York, with amendments expected to be passed and signed this month. In her stat...

Slip Sliding Away...

Dec 22, 2025

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Slip Sliding Away...

Governor Hochul, irrepressible in her capacity to disappoint, has published an editorial announcing that she will sign an amended version of the MAID bill. There's still a possibility that the legisla...

New York Must Avoid the Slippery Slope!

Dec 10, 2025

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New York Must Avoid the Slippery Slope!

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...

Deafblind funding largely restored

Oct 22, 2025

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Deafblind funding largely restored

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...

Trump Administration cuts funding for deafblind children

Sep 19, 2025

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Trump Administration cuts funding for deafblind children

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...

Myth and Reality about CDPAP amidst the PPL takeover

Jul 31, 2025

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Myth and Reality about CDPAP amidst the PPL takeover

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...

Advocacy preserves Accessibility

Jul 31, 2025

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Advocacy preserves Accessibility

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...

Oppose forced institutionalization of homeless people

Jul 29, 2025

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Oppose forced institutionalization of homeless people

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...

Trump Administration "saves" subminimum wage jobs

Jul 16, 2025

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Trump Administration "saves" subminimum wage jobs

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...

STIC working to Save Medicaid

Jun 30, 2025

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STIC working to Save Medicaid

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 ...

CourtsWatch, Summer 2025 -- UPDATE

Jun 18, 2025

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CourtsWatch, Summer 2025 -- UPDATE

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 ...

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