Athena Savides

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[Athena Savides @AthenaSavides]

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[Athena Savides @AthenaSavides]

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[Athena Savides @AthenaSavides]

I am so angry that today’s Senate CDPAP hearing was delayed b/c @GovKathyHochul and @NYSDOH wouldn’t show up. Our leaders are hiding while workers go unpaid and consumers lose care every day. We demand they appear at a rescheduled hearing & take accountability NOW! #SaveCDPAP

[Athena Savides @AthenaSavides]

There was supposed to be a Senate #GalaxyAI CDPAP hearing today, but @govkathyhochul and @NYSDOH/@NYHealthCommish delayed it. It's unacceptable. The lives of thousands of workers & consumers are on the line. Our leaders must face the lives they're destroying w/ their reckless PPL

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Video of President Obama singing "Amazing Grace" as a eulogy ten years ago today is going mega-viral. This is what American greatness actually looks like.

[Athena Savides @AthenaSavides]

So Long Mom! Tom Lehrer actually has quite a few WWIII songs. Happy Tom ... https://t.co/oaET5hnAAU via @YouTube

Thank you, #TomLehrer for always finding a lighter way to and get messages across that might otherwise be intimidating to share openly -- prescient as ever!

[Downstate New York ADAPT @DNY_ADAPT]

The same country that birthed ADAPT is now trying to bury us under bureaucracy. From over 600 FIs to ONE corporate handler? Nah. We didn’t survive this long to hand over our lives to a spreadsheet. #SaveCDPA #PPL

[Downstate New York ADAPT @DNY_ADAPT]

This isn’t about ‘fixing’ the system — it’s about clearing us out of it. Disabled people are not disposable, and our survival will never be up for negotiation. #CutTheAbleismNotTheCare #SaveCDPAP

[Downstate New York ADAPT @DNY_ADAPT]

We warned you this would be a disaster, and no one listened. Now lives are on the line. @PartnerwithPPL #SaveCDPA

[Caring Majority Rising @CaringMRising]

“We are here to blow the whistle on hedge fund @PartnerWithPPL. Remember that the people who are fighting so hard for CDPAP are not stupid. We’re consumers & attendants who have fought so vigorously for this program to take affect, & we’re not going anywhere til this harmful transition is reversed.” —Brandon, @DNY_ADAPT

[Caring Majority Rising @CaringMRising]

@PartnerwithPPL @GovKathyHochul “Make no mistake. This is an orchestrated attempt to drive personal assistants out of the field.

And we’ll be left without help to eat, bathe, get out of bed. We’re at risk of hospitalization, or death. NY will crumble under the weight of its cruelty.” —Nina, @DNY_ADAPT

[Caring Majority Rising @CaringMRising]

BREAKING: We’re blowing the whistle w/ @DNY_ADAPT at @PartnerwithPPL’s midtown office to demand accountability for their CATASTROPHIC management of CDPAP.

Albany must pass legislation to #SaveCDPAP, stop the PPL monopoly, & keep NY’s home care system from collapse! #PPLDoesntPay

[Downstate New York ADAPT @DNY_ADAPT]

@DNY_ADAPT and @CaringMRising are blowing the whistle on PPL, demanding that our workers are paid a fair and equal wage, that they are paid on time, that they have equitable health insurance coverage, and that PPL leave their hands off our care!
To watch: https://t.co/L5COfuMrMp

[Downstate New York ADAPT @DNY_ADAPT]

Once a home care leader, NYS now sells out to a multimillion-dollar company that cannot seem to complete basic tasks to ensure consumers’ continuity of care. Greed and incompetence continue to reign while the most vulnerable populations suffer. #SaveCDPAP #StopPPL

[Caring Majority Rising @CaringMRising]

BREAKING: @HealthNYGov Health Commissioner IGNORES people w disabilities fighting for their lives!

TAKE ACTION: We must end the PPL contract before it ends us! Call your State Legislators to say they MUST intervene. Link below.

[Heather Burroughs @HBurroughs8319]

NY’s CDPAP Overhaul is a death sentence for our most vulnerable. @GovKathyHochul I don’t want to bury another friend #CancelTheContract #ProtectHomeCare #CripTheVote #WeThePeopleIncludesUs

[Pamela Brown @PamelaBrownCNN]

Q: Do you think this White House stands with democracies?

Sen. Mark Warner: "The actions of this White House speak loudly. They have cut off all aid to Ukraine, which basically puts them in league with the Russian brutal invasion of Ukraine."

[Alliance to Protect Home Care @ProtectHomeCare]

Time is running out for 280,000 CDPAP consumers & personal assistants -- PPL is dropping the ball with the transition.

Tell Albany: Pass the CDPAP Accountability Act!

[Bryan Marcou-O'Malley #ProtectHomeCare 🇺🇦 @bromalley]

Legislators are at home in their district. Make sure they hear from you, and make sure they know what a disaster the move to PPL is. #ProtectHomeCare #SaveCDPAP

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[Caring Majority Rising @CaringMRising]

BREAKING: Advocates who use wheelchairs EXCLUDED from NYS Health Budget Hearing. This is the first time wheelchair users are being denied access to the floor to see & hear what is happening.

They're litigating our lives but not including us. @GovKathyHochul, this is is wrong.

[Bryan Marcou-O'Malley #ProtectHomeCare 🇺🇦 @bromalley]

@NYSDOHMEDICAID @HealthNYGov @AmyPaulin @Amypaulin - #CDPAP there seems to be a delay. Have concerns whether it will happen by April 1. What is the Plan B? McDonald says "they are ahead of schedule...The deadline is April 1 and that is the law and they are on schedule."