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Want to access this information via the web? www.independentliving.org They will route you to the closest location and/or answer your questions.

  • Nassau & Suffolk Counties – Abilities, Inc (516) 465-1480
  • New York and Richmond Counties – Barrier Free Living (212) 677-6688
  • Kings County – Brooklyn WORKS (718) 368-7923
  • Hudson Valley Region (Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga Schenectady, Ulster, Warren, Washington and Westchester counties) Independent Living Center, (845) 565-1162
  • Western New York Region (Allegheny, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates counties) Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., (716) 847-0650
  • Queens and Bronx – Queens Independent Living Center, Inc. (718) 658-2526
  • Central and Northern New York – (Broome, Cayaga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Tioga, Warren, and Washington counties) Resource Center for Independent Living, (315) 797-4642

Map of Contacts by County which are also listed in the table below

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Counties

Agency

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Niagara

Orleans

Niagara Frontier Center For Independent Living
1522 Main Street
Niagara Falls, NY 14305
(716) 284-0829

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Erie

Genesee

Wyoming

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
295 Main Street, Room 495
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 847-0650

Native American Independent Living Services
3108 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) 836-0822

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Allegany

Cattaraugus

Chautauqua

Southwestern Independent Living Center
843 North Main Street
Jamestown, NY 14701
(716) 661-3010

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Livingston

Monroe

Ontario

Schuyler

Seneca

Stueben

Wayne

Yates

The Advocacy Center
Medical Arts Building
277 Alexander Street, Suite 500
Rochester, NY 14607
(716) 546-1700

Regional Center For Independent Living – Rochester
1641 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14610
(716) 271-8558

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Cayuga

Cortland

Onondaga

Oswego

ARISE Child And Family Services
1065 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13203
(315) 472-3171

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Jefferson

Lewis

St. Lawrence

Northern Regional Center For Independent Living
165 Mechanic Street
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 785-8703

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Clinton

Essex

Franklin

North Country Center For Independence
102 Sharon Avenue
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(518) 563-9058

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Nassau

Suffolk

Abilities, Inc of the National Center for Disabilities Services
201 IU Willets Road
Albertson, NY 11507
(516) 465-1522

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Fulton

Hamilton

Herkimer

Madison

Montgomery

Onieda

Otsego

Schoharie

Warren

Washington

Resource Center For Independent Living - Utica
409 Columbia Street
Utica, NY 13501
(315) 797-4642

Resource Center For Independent Living – Herkimer
401 German Street, Suite 208
Herkimer, NY 13350
(315) 866-7245

Resource Center For Independent Living – Amsterdam
2540 Riverfront Center
Amsterdam, NY 12010
(518) 842-3561

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Tompkins

Challenge Industries
402 East State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-8990

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Broome

Chemung

Chenango

Delaware

Tioga

Southern Tier Independence Center
24 Prospect Avenue
Binghamton, NY 13901
(607) 724-2111

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Albany

Rennselaer

Schenectady

Saratoga

Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley – Troy
Troy Atrium
Broadway and 4th Street
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 274-0701

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Columbia

Greene

Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley – Hudson
Fairview Plaza
160 Fairview Avenue
Hudson, NY 12534
(518) 828-4886

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Dutchess

Orange

Sullivan

Ulster

Independent Living, Inc.
5 Washington Terrace
Newburgh, NY 12550
(845) 565-1162

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Putnam

Rockland

Westchester

Westchester Disabled on the Move, Inc.
984 North Broadway
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 968-4717

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New York

Barrier Free Living, Inc.
270 East Second Street
Manhattan, NY, 1009
(212) 677-6668

Center for the Independence of the Disabled in New York
841 Broadway, Suite 205
Manhattan, NY 10003
(212) 674-2300

 

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Richmond

Staten Island Center for Independent Living
470 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 720-9016

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Kings

Brooklyn Works
1717 Avenue Z
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 368-7928

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Bronx

Queens

Queens Independent Living Center, Inc.
140-40 Queens Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11435
(718) 658-2526

 

The Social Security Administration

Toll Free: 1-800-772-1213 or

The SSA Employment Support Representatives:

Downstate New York … (631) 207-3340 Ext. 223

Upstate New York ……. 1-888-352-9536

New York Statewide Work Incentives Technical Assistance Center

Toll-free: 1-888-224-3272

E-mail: kmcdonald@nls.org

NYS Independent Living Center Council

nysilc@nysilc.org

1-888-4NYS-ILC

 

 

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