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Long Island health care providers will receive nearly $16 million to expand services, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office announced Tuesday.

Dr. James Powell Jr., chief medical officer of Long Island Select Healthcare Inc. in Central Islip, said the company will purchase equipment such as stethoscopes, oxygen detectors and devices to perform EKGs. Photo Credit: James Carbone

**Pointed Message Greets Millions of Visitors to “The Crossroads of the World”

**ALBANY – #bFair2DirectCare today unveiled a 5,000-sq-foot billboard over Times Square that urges Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fund a living wage for direct care workers who support New Yorkers with developmental disabilities. The Governor failed to include living wage funding in his $176 billion budget proposal, even though it would amount to 0.05% of the total.

Today is #NationalWearRedDay. One in three. That's the price women pay for cardiovascular disease.

Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) has joined forces with the New York City Art World for the “Acceptance – Unity through Art” exhibit.

If you have not purchased the 2019 Main Street Masterpieces Calendar, it's not too late.

The Brookhaven Town Disability Task Force presents the Annual Youth Abilities Resource Fair. The new date is Saturday, April 27th, 2019.

“…every child, rich and poor, black and white, urban and rural, deserves the same quality education.”
These words were taken directly from the Governor’s 2019 Justice Agenda presentation - but what about children with disabilities attending 4410 special education preschools and 853 special education schools?

“Less than two years ago, Governor Cuomo stood in the War Room, raised his right hand and pledged he would not sign a budget that failed to include living wage funding for direct care workers. He did this with great fanfare, as you can see from this photo. He lived up to that pledge, but that was then.”

Rallies in Albany and Poughkeepsie Thursday call for a living wage for DSPs who Support 130,000 New Yorkers with Developmental Disabilities.