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Google News: OPWDD Launches Camera Program To Step Up Safety
[Long Island Exchange] - (Long Island, NY) Continuing the agency's focus on strengthening safety and services for individuals with developmental disabilities, Commissioner Courtney Burke of the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) has
State Ponders Relinquishing Its Oversight of Vulnerable
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[New York Times] - The office of the commissioner, Courtney Burke, had sought to have a whistleblower removed from the panel discussion, but relented after the matter became public. “I do recognize that advocates and parents feel that the system has not transformed
A father's vigilance stays strong
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[Albany Times Union] - Andrew Cuomo has appointed Courtney Burke as the new commissioner of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities with a mandate to overhaul the agency, which operates large institutions and oversees more than 700 nonprofit service providers
Cuomo official sought to bar whistleblower on care
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[Deseret News] - By Michael Gormley AP Commissioner Courtney Burke of the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities leaves a Senate hearing on the state's care for the disabled after speaking at the Capitol in Albany, NY, on Monday, April 23
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