APPENDIX II
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
General Information and Assistance
New York City Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
52 Chambers Street -- Room 206
New York, New York 10007
(212) 566-0972 (voice)/(212) 566-3913 (voice/TTY)
(212) 566-0046 (TDD only)
New York State Office of the Advocate for the Disabled
One Empire State Plaza -- 10th Floor
Albany, New York 12223-0001
(800) 522-4369 (voice/TDD)/(518) 473-4609
or
116 West 32nd Street -- 14th Floor
New York, New York 10001
(212) 502-0877
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled
80 Maiden Lane -- Room 320B
New York, New York 10038
(212) 804-1639
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
The New York Public Library
166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
(212) 925-101 1
or
Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12230
(800) 342-3688/(518) 474-5935
Where to File Complaints
Federal Rehabilitation Act
Section 503 (Employment -- Federal Contractors)
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
United States Department of Labor
201 Varick Street
New York, New York 10014
(212) 337-2006
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Section 504 (Employment/Programs -- Federal Fund Recipients)
File with Federal agency funding the entity about which complaint is being
made; Federal agencies handling most complaints include:
United States Department of Education
Office of Civil Rights
26 Federal Plaza -- Room 33130
New York, New York 10278
(212) 264-2906
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Civil Rights
26 Federal Plaza -- Room 3312
New York, New York 10278
(212) 264-3313
United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
26 Federal Plaza -- Room 3532
New York, New York 10278
(212) 264-1290
United States Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
Coordination and Review Section
320 First Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202) 724-2227
United States Department of Labor
Regional Office of Civil Rights
201 Varick Street
New York, New York 10014
(212) 337-2218
United States Department of Transportation
Office of Civil Rights
400 Seventh Street, S.W. -- Room 10215
Washington, D.C. 20590
(202) 366-4754
United States Postal Service
Regional Chief Inspector
Gateway 2 Building -- Eighth Floor
South Commerce Street & McCarter Highway
Newark, New Jersey 07175
(201) 261-5500
(for employment under Sec. 501; program, Sec. 504)
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Federal Fair Housing Act
File with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
listed under Sec. 504, above.
Federal Education of the Handicapped Act
File with the United States Department of Education, listed under Sec. 504,
above.
New York State Human Rights Law
New York City Commission on Human Rights
52 Duane Street
New York, New York 10007
(212) 566-5050
New York State Division of Human Rights
Albany
State Office Building
Albany, New York 12225
(518) 474-2705
Binghamton
State Office Building Annex
164 Hawley Street
Binghamton, New York 13901
(607) 773-7713
Buffalo
69 Delaware Avenue -- Suite 805
Buffalo, New York 14202
(716) 847-3713
New York City Offices
Main Office
55 West 125th Street
New York, New York 10027
(212) 870-8400
Upper Manhattan & Queens
State Office Building
163 West 125th Street
New York, New York 10027
(212) 870-8650
Lower Manhattan
State Office Building
270 Broadway -- Ninth Floor
New York, New York 10007
(212) 587-5041
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Brooklyn & Staten Island
1360 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, New York 11216
(718) 622-4600
Nassau County
100 Main Street
Hempstead, New York 11550
(516) 538-1360
Rochester
259 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, New York 14607
(716) 238-8250
Suffolk County
State Office Building
Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, New York 11788
(516) 360-6434
Syracuse
100 New Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
(315) 428-4633
White Plains
30 Glenn Street
White Plains, New York 10603
(914) 949-4394
New York State Civil Rights Law
New York State Attorney General
Albany
State Capitol
Albany, New York 12224
(518) 474-7124
Binghamton
59-61 Court Street -- 7th Floor
Key Bank Building
Binghamton, New York 13901
(607) 773-7823
Buffalo
65 Court Street
Buffalo, New York 14202
(716) 847-7169
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Mid-Hudson
235 Main Street
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
(914) 485-3900
New York City
163 West 125th Street
New York, New York 10027
(212) 870-4475
North Country
70 Clinton Street
Plattsburgh, New York 12901
(518) 563-8012
Suffolk County
300 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, New York 11788
(516) 231-2400
Syracuse
615 Erie Boulevard West
Syracuse, New York 13202
(305) 426-4800
Utica
207 Genesee Street -- Room 508
Utica, New York 13502
(315) 793-2225
New York City Human Rights Law
New York City Commission on Human Rights
52 Duane Street
New York, New York 10007
(212) 566-5050
Legal Assistance
(Note: Several of these agencies have multiple offices; only main offices are
listed below. Most agencies listed below can only assist people with low
incomes. Offices which are most involved in providing legal services to people
with disabilities are indicated by an asterisk(*). Additional legal services
offices and law school clinics exist throughout New York State and may be of
assistance.)
*Bronx Legal Services
579 Courtlandt Avenue
Bronx, New York 10451
(212) 993-6250
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation "A"
260 Broadway
Brooklyn, New York 11211
(718) 782-6195
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*Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation "B"
105 Court Street -- 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11201
(718) 237-5500
*Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
129 West 20th Street
New York, New York 10011
(212) 337-8504
*Harlem Legal Services, Inc.
144 West 125th Street
New York, New York 10027
(212) 222-7800
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
666 Broadway -- 12th Floor
New York, New York 10012
(212) 995-8585
Legal Action Center of the City of New York
153 Waverly Place
New York, New York 10014
(212) 243-1313
Legal Aid Society
Civil Legal Assistance Information
11 Park Place
New York, New York 10007
(212) 227-2755
Legal Services for New York City
(formerly Community Action for Legal Services ("CALS"))
350 Broadway
New York, New York 10013
(212) 431-7200
MFY Legal Services, Inc.
41 Avenue A
New York, New York 10009
(212) 475-8000
*New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.
135 East 15th Street
New York, New York 10003
(212) 777_7707
Queens Legal Services Corporation
89-02 Sutphin Boulevard
Jamaica, New York 11435
(718) 657-8611
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Legal Referral Service
*Legal Referral Service
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
42 West 44th Street
New York, New York 10036
(212) 382-6625 (voice)/(212) 768-1466 (TDD)
Law School Clinics
BLS Legal Services Corporation
Federal Litigation Program
Brooklyn Law School
One Boerum Place
Brooklyn, New York 11201
(718) 780-7994
Federal Litigation Clinic
New York Law School
57 Worth Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 431-2312
Other Helpful References
IT'S THE LAW: Rights of People with Disabilities
New York City Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
52 Chambers Street -- Room 206
New York, New York 10007
(212) 566-0972 (voice)/(212) 566-3913 (voice/TTY)
(212) 566-0046 (TDD only)
Representing People with Disabilities -- 1990 (2 vols.)
New York State Bar Association
One Elk Street
Albany, New York 12207
(518) 463-3200
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