Nancy Cutler – Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 7/5/2020 on page A4
Advocates for New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities say they were blindsided by a new round of cuts announced by the state as agencies and providers were still reeling from the impact of COVID- 19.
“It doesn’t make sense,” said Mike Alvaro, executive director of Cerebral Palsy of New York State. “We believe we’ve already paid the price.”
That price includes 427 fatalities among people who live in group homes and residential facilities overseen by the state Office of People With Developmental Disabilities; and even more deaths among workers.