#bFair2DirectCare

Direct Support Professionals provide critical services to New Yorkers with disabilities! We're calling on NYS to give DSPs a living wage in the next budget!

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

🚨A message from @NYGovCuomo’s office:

#bFair2DirectCare

[Queens Council on DD @QCDDNYC]

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

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

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

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

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....

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

"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 https://t.co/HkdyaTHfeQ #bFair2DirectCare

[Angelo Santabarbara @AsmSantabarbara]

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

[The Arc, Oneida-Lewis @The_ArcOLC]

"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

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

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.” https://t.co/oxvKIvTzKq #bFair2DirectCare

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

🚨A message from @NYGovCuomo’s office:

#bFair2DirectCare

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

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." https://t.co/rQyZTB3TY9

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

“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: https://t.co/2eMsphgAsS

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

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 https://t.co/U0FfV7GNTg

[#bFair2DirectCare @Fair2DirectCare]

.@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: https://t.co/LW3oRx8tcr

[Angelo Santabarbara @AsmSantabarbara]

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!

[Steven Greenberg @GreenbergPR]

.@NYGovCuomo makes a budget demand for @Fair2DirectCare direct care workers https://t.co/vMujp5jQv1. Thank you @NYGovCuomo @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins @GOPLdrBrianKolb @LeaderFlanagan. #bFair2DirectCare has bipartisan support; make sure it's included in final budget!

[Rob Ortt @SenatorOrtt]

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!

[James Seward @SenatorSeward]

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

[Donna Lupardo @DonnaLupardo]

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

[Angelo Santabarbara @AsmSantabarbara]

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!

[Bob Bellafiore @bbellafiore]

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

[Senator Patricia Fahy @PatriciaFahy46]

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