Ramblings From The Executive Director, Mel Tanzman

Okay its two days before Thanksgiving, I’m leaving at 1PM for the holiday, and I have tons of critical work to do. But the muse has struck me and I must write. THE TIMES THEY ARE A’CHANGIN? Here in Westchester, after 6 years under a conservative County Executive who happily...

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LIVING YOUR DREAMS

By Magdalena Klodnicka & Carole Conklin Are you satisfied with your life as it is today? What is your dream? No, don’t say it will never happen because… Just sit down and ask yourself a question: what is this one thing I always wanted to do? Don’t think how, or...

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Civil Confinement: A violation of Civil Rights

by, Mel Tanzman, Executive Director Recently, the Journal News the lower Hudson Valley’s newspaper of record had comprehensive coverage of the sexual offender civil confinement law for psychiatrically disabled individuals called “Connie’s Law”. It gave a quite balanced view of an emotionally and politically sensitive issue and suggested in an...

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Rock Fundraiser Flyer

ROCK FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS FUNDRAISER

Event details August 3, 2017 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm 914-968-4717 LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES & RAFFLES at YONKERS BREWING Co. located at 92 Main Street in Yonkers! $25 Wristband Donation gets discount on select food and drinks For more info call 914-968-4717 Click here to download PDF Event Flyer View the Photo Gallery...

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Housing Subsidies: Difficult to Impossible To Get

Written By: Melissa Lopez-Robles, B.B.A. – Housing Specialist A housing subsidy is a form of economic assistance sponsored by the government. It is aimed towards alleviating housing costs and expenses for needy people with very low or low to moderate income. This is also known as “Affordable Housing”. Although subsidies...

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INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

by Mel Tanzman, Executive Director These are the closing inspirational words to our Nation’s Pledge of Allegiance. However, as a disability and civil rights activist I know that those in power in our nation have not shown adequate allegiance to those closing words. While I don’t want to use this...

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Addressing the Housing Crisis in the City of Yonkers Plaguing Individuals with Disabilities

Achille Iolascon M.A. Systems Advocate As an organization which advocates for the rights of all people with disabilities, we at Westchester Disabled on the Move, Inc.(WDOMI) can vouch for the fact that the lack of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing options within the community remains the single greatest obstacle facing...

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