“While I worked for the New York City Council I had the privilege of working with several non-profit disabilities service providers,” said Borelli. “In that time, I was able to see firsthand how important disabilities advocacy is. There is still injustice for the disabled community today, and unlike other groups, they often don’t have a voice of their own to seek the aid they deserve. Because of this, those who do advocate for the disabled are so crucial and building greater awareness for the disabled community must continue.”
In addition to speaking at the Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day, Borelli joined a bi-partisan coalition of lawmakers from the Assembly to propose the restoration of $90 million to the Office of People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). The budget that was signed into law in March by the Governor cut $90 million from OPWDD, despite an amendment proposed by the Assembly Minority to restore the funding.
“The developmentally disabled are the most vulnerable community in our society and we must restore the funding for these essential services,” said Borelli. “I’m very pleased to see so many of my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, joining this effort to restore this funding that should never have been cut from the budget to begin with. The services these non-profits provide to our developmentally disabled community are essential to their quality of life and I look forward to voting in favor of this legislation.”
The Office of People With Developmental Disabilities has begun an effort to re-appropriate funding to non-profit services by making cuts to administrative costs. Assembly Bill 6692A, will create an independent workgroup to determine how much more funding will be necessary to restore the cuts made in the March budget. The bill will allow for up to $90 million, if necessary, to be restored to OPWDD non-profit funding for the restoration of essential services.
For video of Assemblyman Borelli speaking at the Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day follow the link: http://youtu.be/Qi45eFrz6Tk.
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