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🚨A message from @NYGovCuomo’s office: #bFair2DirectCare

We're ready for the next steps to do our part

We’ll keep advocating for our workers and our agencies so we can continue to do the work we do on behalf of New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. #bFair2DirectCare #NYSBudget

We know this was a tough year so we appreciate the resources included in the final budget. Like many others, we’re disappointed that more wasn’t done because we’re in the midst of a serious staffing crisis that affects the supports we can provide....

"These are the people that take care of our loved ones that can't speak for themselves, can't get up and stand for themselves, people who need daily care, breathing, walking all of that stuff put together." - Assemblyman Cliff Crouch bit.ly/2FzPfjP #bFair2DirectCare

This week’s join budget hearing on with the New York State Assembly’s Committee on Mental Health—calling for a state budget that makes direct care workers a priority. More than 128,000 New Yorker’s with developmental disabilities are counting on us @Fair2DirectCare

"Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people." - Edward Abbey @thearcny @Fair2DirectCare #now

ICYMI: @NYGovCuomo’s counsel, Alphonso David, joined us on Monday and declared “The governor has made a decision that he won’t pass a budget without increasing the wages for direct care workers.” bit.ly/2Woh5oY #bFair2DirectCare

🚨A message from @NYGovCuomo’s office: #bFair2DirectCare

DSPs are leaving to make more money in fast food & retail. It "might be less fulfilling & not in line with the goals of many college graduates who want to work with the developmentally disabled, but they still have to pay the rent & keep the lights on." bit.ly/2HUkPuw

“We will not pass a budget without increasing wages for direct care workers,” said @NYGovCuomo's counsel Alphonso David at our #bFair2DirectCare rally yesterday! Read more: bit.ly/2FAzxoS

More than 1,000 New Yorkers descended on the Capitol yesterday to advocate for a wage hike for workers who serve people with development disabilities! #bFair2DirectCare bit.ly/2URTfS6

.@AileenMGunther, Mark van Voorst (@thearcny) & Darlene Sample (DSP) joined @CapPressRoom yesterday to explain why the #bFair2DirectCare #livingwage funding we're requesting from NYS is so critical. LISTEN: bit.ly/2HFOfx8

Rallying for NY’s direct care workers @Fair2DirectCare @LibertyARC @SchenectadyARC at the Capitol today! We need a state budget that puts people first—that means making direct care workers a priority. More than 128,000 NY’ers with developmental disabilities are counting on us!

.@NYGovCuomo makes a budget demand for @Fair2DirectCare direct care workers blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archiv…. Thank you @NYGovCuomo @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins @GOPLdrBrianKolb @LeaderFlanagan. #bFair2DirectCare has bipartisan support; make sure it's included in final budget!

Joined 1000 of my closest friends at today’s #bFair2DirectCare rally in the State Capitol. With the state budget due in five days, it’s critical that we honor the commitment we made to our most vulnerable. I know @Mike_Norris_144 @VoteJudgeAngelo @LeaderFlanagan are on board!

Great to meet with members of the @RackerAgency. Thank you for the work you do, caring for our most vulnerable. I will be fighting for you - you deserve a fair wage #BFair2DirectCare

Big rally in Albany today for #bFair2DirectCare. Thanks for stopping by; I completely support your efforts!

Rallying for NY’s direct care workers @Fair2DirectCare @LibertyARC @SchenectadyARC at the State Capitol today! We need a state budget that puts people first—that means making direct care workers a priority. 128,000+ New Yorker’s with developmental disabilities are counting on us!

I dare anyone to find a more bipartisan issue in Albany than #bFair2DirectCare. Today we had Ds and Rs, Senate and Assembly, and the Gov’s office. @Fair2DirectCare

Proud to stand with New York’s direct support professionals (@Fair2DirectCare), or DSPs - who care for our state’s most vulnerable citizens - to ask for a living wage that recognizes the value of their work in this year’s state budget. #Bfair2DirectCare