In August 2024, Disability Rights New York filed a legal challenge to Nassau County’s Mask Transparency Act, a new law intended to deter hate crime by making it illegal for groups gathered in public to wear masks to hide their identity. The law allows exceptions for religious and cultural purposes and “to protect the health … Continue reading Kristi McGarity: The Disability Rights Case Against Mask Bans
The COVID pandemic revealed that people with disabilities have been denied treatment for the virus due to their disabilities and pervasive biases about their “quality of life”. This denial of care raises the very real issue that persons with disabilities are and will face similar discrimination under assisted suicide laws. Healthcare providers are the gatekeepers … Continue reading Diane Coleman: What the COVID Crisis Tells Us About the Dangers of Assisted Suicide
NDY is grateful to disability rights attorney Kathryn Carroll for her assistance in filing a public comment on the [CMS-9912-IFC] Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interim Final Rule: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Excerpts are below and, to read the whole comment, go here. January 4, 2021 … Continue reading NDY Files Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID
On October 7, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice filed a class action complaint on behalf of Not Dead Yet, NMD United, Disability Rights New York, NDY Board member Mike Volkman and other individual plaintiffs against New York Governor Cuomo and the NY Department of Health to challenge the state’s Ventilator Allocation Guidelines … Continue reading Not Dead Yet, NMD United, et al. Sue NY Governor On Ventilator Re-Allocation Guidelines
On Wednesday, September 16, a public hearing was held by the Health Equity Task Force of the Massachusetts Public Health Committee. The legislative website stated that “[t]he virtual hearing is to receive testimony from the public on findings and recommendations that address health disparities for underserved or underrepresented populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to … Continue reading John Kelly Testifies At Massachusetts Health Equity Task Force Public Hearing
