'I am confident that we can make progress this legislative session to promote equality for people with disabilities not only in the state funding process but in legislation to bring about needed changes.'
Along with her fifth term in office came a new assignment. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie appointed Seawright as chair of the Assembly’s People with Disabilities Committee. Formerly part of the now defunct Mental Health & Disabilities Committee, the People with Disabilities Committee focuses on the various issues important to New Yorkers facing physical and mental challenges in their lives.
Seawright said she’s ready to go all-in on the cause, just as she’s done with other issues facing the Assembly in recent years. “I am hopeful I can galvanize thousands of people for a rally and media conference on the 6th,” Seawright said. “I am publicly inviting students with disabilities from our CUNY and SUNY systems, and higher education institutions on Feb. 8, coming together to rally at the Capitol. I am confident that we can make progress this legislative session to promote equality for people with disabilities not only in the state funding process but in legislation to bring about needed changes.
Many organizations have vented about their current crisis to Rebecca Seawright. They’ve found difficulty in meeting the $15 per hour minimum for caregivers in group homes based on what NYS OPWDD budgets and allows, is inadequate and cannot even compete with fast food sector jobs.
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