…ving. ADAPT is strongly opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide in New York State. Though ADAPT has been fighting for the lives and liberty of disabled people for over 35 years, with more than 40 chapters throughout the United States – including four in New York State – ADAPT has most recently gained media attention this past summer for fighting to save Medicaid when over $800 billion Medicaid dollars were at risk in the many proposed bill…
…oot/AoA_Programs/Elder_Rights/Elder_Abuse/Index.aspx [26] Under the Radar: New York State Elder Abuse Prevalence Study 2009: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/reports/Under%20the%20Radar%2005%2012%2011%20final%20report.pdf [27] Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal “Gray Homicides”: http://canhr.org/newsroom/canhrnewsarchive/2011/NPR20110205.html [28] 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq. [29] See e.g., Not Dead Yet et al. brief in Gonzales v. Oregon (http://notdeadyet.org…
…D Coleman, J Kelly, G Eighmey) Bloomberg Law – No Assisted Suicide Right, New York Court Says Carrie Ann Lucas Testimony in Opposition of Colorado SB 16-025 Comments to Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network by NDY’s Diane Coleman Comments to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) Contacts for the Media Dawn Parkot’s Testimony Opposing New Jersey Assisted Suicide Bill S1072 Dawn Parko…
…Dead Yet launched a new messaging campaign which will be displayed on the New York City Times Square CBS Super Screen. The video message will be displayed once an hour, eighteen hours a day for three months. The Super Screen is 26 ft wide and 20 feet high. You can find it under the CBS logo on 42nd St., between 7th and 8th Avenue. This is – no pun intended – kind of a big deal. http://notdeadyet.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ADAPT_NDY_03-4.mp4 A…
…May 28, 2014, Not Dead Yet, the Center for Disability Rights and 11 other New York based disability organizations submitted public comments on the New York State Medicaid Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP). The comment letter called upon New York officials to eliminate one of the proposed projects, which the letter alleges would fund Medicaid providers to save money by steering people to choose death over living with disabil…