NY legislation to aid disabled

Posted 8/21/12

ALBANY, NY — In celebration and observance of the annual Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Minority Leader Brian Kolb on May 17 announced the passage of a …

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NY legislation to aid disabled

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ALBANY, NY — In celebration and observance of the annual Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Minority Leader Brian Kolb on May 17 announced the passage of a package of legislation that would improve the quality of life for New Yorkers with disabilities.

“This day offers us the unique opportunity to both recognize the achievements of persons with disabilities and bring together a community of advocates and leaders,” said Heastie.

The Assembly’s legislative package includes a measure that would waive the state’s sovereign immunity with regard to application of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 as they apply to the protection of state employees.

Additional bills have been passed to ensure that people with disabilities are fully able to participate in elections, public hearings and meetings including measures that would enable blind and visually impaired registered voters to request and receive Braille or large-print absentee ballots for elections administered under the election law and education law and require that sign language interpretation services be made available upon the request of a hearing-impaired individual at public hearings and meetings.

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