Disability Rights New York - Albany (NY)

1 /5 Isi: 2025 Believe the reviews. Waste of time. I was referred to as a "client" by an "advocate" who told me to refrain from sharing pertinent information as he would handle it. Only to hold a meeting with the agency alone. He returned with questions from the agency despite evidence given to him beforehand showing the agency acknowledged already receiving the data.

1 /5 Justice P: LP, Here it is,2024 & everyone in the reviews are telling the truth about DRNY. Its A damn shame. These government programs are supposed to help the American citizens. The only thing that they do is collect a pay check. I live in NYC & every agency thats says theyre advocating for the disabled, does absolutely the opposite. I consulted DRNY because SS is taking an over payment out of my monthly payments. ALL DRNY did was denied that they can help me & referred me to other places for disability advocacy. People running around saying they are afraid of 2025 proposal. As far as Im concerned, these government, City, & State agencies dont work for the citizens of America anyway. So big deal if they close them down. If people working in these programs did their jobs, there wouldnt be anyone homeless, jobless, without medical insurance, etc. Be they disabled or not.

1 /5 X 0: In 2022, DRNY received 8,041,306 in government grants. Their reported functional expenses from the same year, 8,295,845. Total support 2017-2021, 39,711,934. They may be understaffed but the staff gets paid well for doing negligible work that translates to actual change. People advocating for their loved ones, who need support,,this is not the place to seek help, but try if you are at the end of hope. If by chance they do return your phone call, if they do anything tangible, it will be a cold day in hell and by then you would have exhausted EVERY other option and come up short. My contact was a pleasant experience but of no real consequence.My mothers money was seized by the state run facility she is housed in.They charged her for back rent when there was none. Sadly, too many nonprofits end up with well paid EDs that get cozy doing the very minimum and lawyers that feel like they are all-too-busy Gods helping the poor, indigent and disabled when they could easily work in private, soulless firms without the street cred.

5 /5 Ness Stark: They really helped me with securing accommodations for my child.

1 /5 K W: They were helping in the beginning of my situation with sending a letter for me to a company, to try and get the company to do a certain accommodation for a disabled person, but the company didnt. When I called back disability rights and told them the company is not cooperating, they didnt help me any further to get a solution. They closed my complaint and gave me referrals to legal agencies in Suffolk County. One of them is Nassau Suffolk law services. They do not help people with disabilities, or disabled tenants. DRNY will not help disabled people or go to court for a disabled person and their agency is useless. They just write you letters confirming you contacted them and give referrals. They dont advocate for the disabled person either medically or with housing, employment, etc. I have found no advocate agency that helps people with disabilities in Suffolk County. Office of Handicapped Services does not help me and I keep being advised to call them.