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    Andrew M. Cuomo
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    John Rybaltowski
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    Patricia Okoniewski
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List of Contract Offices

List of Contract Offices

 

  • Client Assistance Program [CAP]
  • Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities [PADD]
  • Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness [PAIMI]
  • Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights [PAIR]
  • Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury [PATBI]
  • Protection & Advocacy for Voters Access [PAVA]
  • Protection & Advocacy for Assistive Technology Program [PAAT]

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Client Assistance Program (CAP)
 

 List of Regional Offices
Western New York Region
Western NY Independent Living Project
3108 Main Street
Buffalo, NY  14214
(716) 836-0822 [Voice and TTY]
(716) 835-3967 [FAX]

Counties served:
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming

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Regional Center for Independent Living, Inc. (RCIL)
497 State Street

Rochester, NY  14608
(585) 442-6470 [Voice and TDD]
(585) 271-8558 [FAX]

Counties served:
Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins*, Wayne, and Yates
*(ACCES-VR only)

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Central New York Region
Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc.
409 Columbia Street
Utica, NY 13502
Amsterdam Office (518) 842-3561
(315) 797-4642
(315) 797-4747 [FAX]
(315) 797-5837 [TTY]

Counties served:
Broome, Cortland, Fulton, Lewis, Onondaga, St. Lawrence, Cayuga, Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Oswego, Tioga, Tompkins**, Chenango, Essex*, Herkimer, Montgomery, Otsego, Clinton*, Franklin*, Jefferson and Oneida
*(ACCES-VR only) **(CBVH only)

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Capital District - Hudson Valley Region
Capital District Center for Independence, Inc.
875 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
(518) 459-6422 [Voice and TDD]
(518) 459-7847 [FAX]

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Westchester Independent Living Center
200 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601-1812
(914) 682-3926
(914) 682-0926 [TDD]
(914) 682-8518 [FAX]

Counties served:
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester

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New York City Region
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, Inc. 
841 Broadway, Suite 301
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-2300 [Voice or TDD]
(212) 254-5953 [FAX]

Counties served:
Bronx, Manhattan, Richmond, Kings and Queens

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Long Island Region
Long Island Advocacy Center, Inc. (LIAC)
Herricks Community Center
999 Herricks Road
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
(516) 248-2222
(516) 877-2627 [TDD]
(516) 248-2290 [FAX]

County served:
Nassau

Long Island Advocacy Center, Inc. (Satellite Office)
490 Wheeler Road, Suite 165C
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 234-0467
(631) 234-4069 [FAX]

County served:
Suffolk

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Protection and Advocacy for Voters Access
 List of Regional Offices

Note: Offices serve the same region(s) as their existing CQC advocacy programs.

Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, Inc.
841 Broadway, Suite 301
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-2300 [Voice or TDD]

Downstate areas:
New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Putnam and Rockland County.
 

Catskill Center for Independence.
Route 23 Southside
P.O.Box 1247
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 432-8000

Counties served:
Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Orange, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Ulster Washington, Warren, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates

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Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
 
List of Regional Offices

CQCAPD Central Office
New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
 

Bureau of Protection and Advocacy
401 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305-2397
(518) 388-2892
(518) 388-2890 [FAX]

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 New York City Region
Counties served:
Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. (NYLPI)
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001-4007
(212) 244-4664
(212) 244-3692 (TTY/Relay)
  
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Upper Hudson Region

Counties served:
Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie

Disabilities Law Clinic at Albany Law School (ALS)
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 445-2328

Intake: Disability Advocates (518) 432-7861 (voice, TTY/Relay)
(800) 993-8982 (Toll free, voice, TTY/Relay)
  
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North Country Region

Counties Served:
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. 
P.O. Box 989, 100 Court Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(518) 563-4022
(800) 722-7380

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
17 Hodskins Street, PO Box 648
Canton, New York 13617
(315) 386-4586
(800) 822-8283
  
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Lower Hudson Region

Counties served:
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester, Ulster

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
90 Maple Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 949-1305
Intake: 1 (877) 574-8529

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Central Region

Counties served:
Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego


Legal Services of Central New York, Inc.
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, NY 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127


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Southern Tier Region

Counties served:
Chemung, Schuyler, Tompkins, Broome, Delaware, Otsego, Chenango, Tioga

Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. 
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, NY 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127
 

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Western Region

Counties served:
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates, Wyoming

Western New York Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc.
590 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
(585) 546-1700


Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
237 Main Street, Suite 400
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 847-0650
  
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Long Island Region

Counties served:
Nassau and Suffolk

Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc.
One Helen Keller Way
Hempstead, NY 11550
(516) 292-8100 [Nassau]
(631) 232-2400 [Suffolk]
 
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Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)
List of Regional Offices

 

New York City Region
Counties served:

Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001-4007
(212) 244-4664
(212) 244-4570 [FAX]
(212) 244-3692 [TTY]
 
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Western New York Region
Counties served:

 Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
237 Main Street, Suite 400
Buffalo, New York 14203
(716) 847-0650
(716) 847-1322 [TTY]
(716) 847-0227 [FAX]
 
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Hudson Valley Region
Counties served:

Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Rockland, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester

Disability Advocates, Inc.
5 Clinton Square
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 432-7861
(518) 427-6561 [FAX]
(800) 993-8982 [Toll-free]
 
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North Country Region
Counties served:

St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Essex, Hamilton, Warren, Washington

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
100 Court Street, PO Box 989
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(518) 563-4022
(800) 722-7380 [Toll-free]
(518) 563-4058 [FAX]

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
17 Hodskins Street, PO Box 648
Canton, NY 13617
(315) 386-4586
(800) 822-8283 [Toll-free]
(315) 386-2868 [FAX]

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Central New York Region
Counties served:

Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Oswego, Schuyler, Tompkins, Tioga

Legal Services of Central New York, Inc.
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, NY 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127
(315) 475-2706 [FAX]

Satellite Office:
44 Public Square
Watertown, NY  13601
(315) 788-2072

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Long Island Region
Counties served:

Nassau, Suffolk

Touro College
Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center
225 Eastview Drive
Central Islip, NY 11722
(631) 761-7080
(631) 421-2675 [FAX]

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Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR)

Western New York Region
Counties served:
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
237 Main Street, Suite 400
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 847-0650
(716) 847-1322 (TTY)
(716) 847-0227 [FAX]
 
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New York City Region
Counties served:

Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001-4007
(212) 244-4664
(212) 244-3692 [TTY]
(212) 244-4570 [FAX]
 
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Long Island Region
Counties served:

Nassau, Suffolk

Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc.
1757 Veterans Highway, Suite 50
Islandia, NY 11749
(631) 232-2400
(631) 232-2489 (FAX)
 
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Central New York Region
Counties served:

Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Oswego, Schuyler, Tompkins, Tioga

Legal Services of Central New York, Inc.
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, NY 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127
(315) 475-2706 [FAX]
 
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Hudson Valley Region/North Country Region
Counties served:

Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Ulster, Warren, Washington

Disability Advocates, Inc.
5 Clinton Square
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 432-7861
(518) 427-6561 [FAX]
(800) 993-8982 [toll free]
 
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Lower Hudson River Region
Counties served:

Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
90 Maple Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 949-1305
(877) 574-8529 [Toll-free]

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
29 N. Hamilton Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 471-0058

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Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

For General Assistance and Referral Contact:

Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
Toll-free at 1-800-624-4143
or e-mail at webmaster@cqc.ny.gov

Statewide Contact Office for Assistance:

Legal Services of Central New York
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, NY 13202
Tel. (315) 475-3127
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
http://www.lscny.org/tbi.htm

Other Brain Injury Resources:

Brain Injury Association of New York State - Family Health Line: (800) 228-8201
New York State Department of Health TBI Waiver - 518-474-6580

Internet Links:

Brain Injury Association of New York State:
http://www.bianys.org/


New York State Department of Health:
www.health.state.ny.us

Vocational and Educational Services for Persons with Disabilities of NYS Department of Education:
www.vesid.nysed.gov

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Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT) Program

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
237 Main Street, Suite 400
Buffalo NY 14203
(716) 847-0650
(716) 847-1322 [TTY]
(716) 847-0227 [FAX]

Counties:
All counties

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