Center for Independence of the Disabled New York

06/18/2026

Please note that all CIDNY offices will be closed on Friday, June 19, 2026 in honor of Juneteenth.

Services will resume on Monday, June 22, 2026.

06/18/2026

Our next digital literacy workshop is on Tuesday, June 23 at 12 p.m. and will be focused on internet basics. This is an in-person for people age 55+. Do you know someone who might be interested? Send them our way!

06/17/2026

It’s your last chance to vote! 🚨

Voting for closes June 21 — don’t miss your opportunity to have a say!

Vote now at https://cec.blueberrypop.io/?partner=CIDNY

06/15/2026

We’re still looking for some more responses to our quick survey on climate change. This year alone, New York City has faced heavy snow, flooding rains, and extreme heat. From Superstorm Sandy years ago to recent air quality alerts, extreme weather is not new to New Yorkers.

Now, CIDNY is collecting information on how climate change is affecting the disability community. Please fill out this short survey. It is completely anonymous unless you choose to provide your contact information, and it should only take a few minutes.

Take the survey here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/KN3MbqCHQy

06/12/2026

Are you 55 and over? Are you new to computers or cellphones? Do you want to learn more about technology? If not you, do you know someone who might be interested?

Join our free education workshops to learn the basics and build confidence using technology. We have four upcoming workshops in June. The next workshop is on Tuesday, June 16 at 12 p.m. focused on email basics at our Manhattan office (1010 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018).

We hope you can join us!

06/11/2026

It's hot out there! Cooling centers are open if you need them (call sites to check hours).

Find a center: https://on.nyc.gov/coolingcenter or call 311.

For more info, visit http://NYC.gov/beattheheat

06/11/2026

Through , all New Yorkers 11 and older regardless of immigration status get to decide how millions of dollars of the city budget will be spent in their communities.

From workforce development programs to affordable housing, food access, and more, every project you get to vote on was thought of by and for New Yorkers.

Cast your vote today at https://cec.blueberrypop.io/?partner=CIDNY to decide which projects will be implemented in your community!

Visit the online voting site for NYC’s citywide participatory budgeting process to help decide how city funds are spent on resident-proposed projects.

06/10/2026

Go New York, Go New York, Go!

Support your local team.
Support your local ILC: https://www.cidny.org/donation/

06/10/2026

Join us next Wednesday, June 17, at our Manhattan office for CIDNY’s monthly Consumer Action Network (CAN) meeting. We’ll be discussing the impact of climate change on people with disabilities with guests from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. After the CAN meeting, participants will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with benefits counselors to discuss home cooling assistance programs such as alternatives to HEAP (now closed for 2026), the Essential Plan Cooling Program, and more. Please RSVP in advance. We hope you can join us!

What: CIDNY’s CAN Advocacy Meeting
When: Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: CIDNY’s Manhattan office 1010 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 301, New York, NY 10018 (and online via Zoom)
RSVP: www.tinyurl.com/CIDNY4All

06/10/2026

Last-minute tickets are available for today’s event, A Time For Change: Advancing Inclusion, Opportunity, and Economic Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities. This is a side event at The UN Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. CIDNY’s Dr. Sharon McLennon Wier will be speaking.

Join government leaders, disability advocates, entrepreneurs, artists, policymakers, and community stakeholders for a timely discussion on advancing inclusion, expanding economic opportunity, and empowering persons with disabilities to thrive as leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, employees, and changemakers.

Featured participants include:
• H.E. Mr. Kalilu Totangi, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations
• Hon. Mrs. Melrose Karminty, Minister of Social Welfare, Republic of Sierra Leone
• Dr. Sharon McLennon-Wier, Executive Director, Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY (CODNY)
• Thomas Rosa, Dean of Students, Manhattan School for Career Development
• Representatives from Not My Eyes
• Representatives from ZCO Dance Project

Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: AFRICAN UNION OBSERVER MISSION, 305 East 47th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10017

Reserve your seat here:

Agricultural, Legal Equity, and the Protection of Women and Girls