Deaf Community in Brooklyn, NY to Lose Critical Services and Many Residents Likely Forced from their Homes if New York Department of Health Doesn’t Repeal its Planned Action to Close Big Apple Home Care and an estimated 270 Agencies - many in poverty-stricken areas - that serve 40,000 New York Residents
WHEN: Friday, February 23, 2024
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
WHAT: Press Conference / Meet and Greet
The deaf cannot get LHSCA aides because no PCA (Personal Care Assistant) course is taught in sign language in New York State
As such, CDPAP is the ONLY service that can keep them in their homes
Over 175,000 Deaf/Hard of Hearing people are living in NYC, according to NYC Mayor’s Office for People with ...