THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

TO:

EMSC-VESID Committee

FROM:

Rebecca H. Cort

SUBJECT:

Appointments to the New York State Independent Living Council, Inc.

 

DATE:

November 15, 2006

 

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 4

 

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

Vacancies have occurred on the New York State Independent Living Council, Inc. (NYSILC). Should the Regents approve the proposed appointments and reappointments of members to the NYSILC?

 

Reason for Consideration

 

The 1992 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act require the Board of Regents to appoint members to the New York State Independent Living Council, Inc. (NYSILC).

 

Proposed Handling

 

This question will come before the EMSC-VESID Committee at its December 2006 meeting where it will be voted on and final action taken.

 

Procedural History

 

Each year, as vacancies occur, the Board of Regents approves recommendations to fill such vacancies.

 

Background Information

 

          Information on the proposed appointees is noted on Attachment 1 and a list of the entire NYSILC is noted on Attachment 2.

 

 

Recommendation

 

VOTED: that Agnes McCray and Sally J. Colletti be appointed for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2007 and ending December 31, 2009, and that Eugene Hughes and Pratik Patel be reappointed to serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2007 and ending December 31, 2009.  

 

Timetable for Implementation

 

Upon approval by the Regents of the recommended candidates, appointments will go into effect January 1, 2007.

 

 

 


                                                                                          Attachment 1

 

 

 

New York State Independent Living Council, Inc.

(New Appointments)

 

2009 Expiration Date – Representing Advocates of and for Individuals with Disabilities

Sally J. Colletti

333 Birch Street

Vestal, NY 13850

 

 

2009 Expiration Date – Representing Other Representatives for Centers for Independent Living

Agnes McCray

311 North Avenue

Syracuse, NY  13206

 

 

 


Attachment 2

 

New York State Independent Living Council, Inc.

(Term Expirations)

 

A director of a center for independent living chosen by the directors of centers for independent living within the State

 

2007             Christina Curry, Executive Director, Harlem Independent Living Center, 289 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10027

 

Other representatives for centers for independent living

 

2009             Agnes McCray, ARISE Board Member, 311 North Avenue, Syracuse, NY  13206

 

2007             Christine Zachmeyer, Executive Director, Catskill Center for Independence, P.O. Box 1247, Oneonta, NY 13820

 

2008             Bruce Darling, Executive Director, Center for Disability Rights, 280 Lakeshore Drive, Hilton, NY 14468

 

2008             Michael Godino, Systems Advocate Coordinator, Self-Initiated Living Options, Inc. (SILO), 745 Waverly Avenue, Holtsville, NY 11742

 

2008             Douglas Usiak, Executive Director, Independent Living Center of Western New York, 3108 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214-1384

 

Parents and guardians of individuals with disabilities

 

2007             Paige Macdonald, Executive Director, Families Together in New York State, 68 Miller Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159

 

Advocates of and for individuals with disabilities

 

2009             Sally Colletti, President/CEO Autism Society of America – Central NY, Inc., 333 Birch Street, Vestal, NY  13850

 

2009             Eugene R. Hughes, Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL), 400 Lorraine Avenue, Utica, NY 13502

 

2007             Sharon Shapiro-Lacks, Social Worker, 1740 Ocean Avenue, Apartment 8-P, Brooklyn, NY 11230

 

2007             Sherry Taub, Independent Peer Advocate, 111 Paumanack Village Drive, Greenlawn, NY 11740

 

2008             Mark Hernandez, HIV/AIDS Advocate, 127 Phillip Street, #4, Albany, NY 12202

 

2008             Lauren LeFebvre, Tri-Lakes Center for Independent Living, P.O. Box 280, Raybrook, NY 12977

 

Representatives from organizations that provide services for individuals with disabilities

 

2007             Edith M.  Prentiss, President, Manhattan Borough Wide Interagency Council on Aging, 739 West 186th Street (4E), New York, NY 10033-8527

 

2008             Dennis Boyd, Senior Staff Attorney, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, 151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001

 

2008             Michael Kink, Esq., Legislative Counsel to Housing Works, 247 Lark Street, 1st Floor, Albany, NY 12210

 

2008             Rain Rippel, President, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State, 33 Saratoga Road, Apt. Z-10, Scotia, NY 12302

 

2008             Michael Smith, Director of Student Services, Shenendehowa Central School District and President of New York State Association for Pupil Services Administrators, 191 South Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020

 

Other appropriate individuals

 

2009             Pratik Patel, CUNY Assistive Technology Services, 195-05B 67th Avenue, Apartment 2B, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

 

2007             Robert Gaffney, President, Partners Disability Coalition, 3 Rye Ridge Plaza, Suite 110, Rye Brook, NY 10573

 

2008             Randy Black Schantz, Mental Health Counselor, 8 Honeysuckle Lane, Catskill, NY 12414

 

2008             Alexander Wood, Director, Manhattan Disability Network of New York City, 25 Broad Street, NY, NY 10004     

 

Representative of Section 121 Project

 

2007             Debbie (Sanford) Cooper, Program Manager, Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation, 12885 Route 438, Irving, NY 14081