DAI v. Cuomo > Resources

Trial Court Documents

• Complaint
• District Court Memorandum and Order (3/1/10)
• District Court Order on Remedy (3/1/10)
• Justice Department's Response Opposing the State's Plan (11/24/09)
• Plaintiffs' Proposed Remedy Order (11/24/09)
• Plaintiffs' Brief Opposing State's Plan and Proposing Remedy (11/24/09)
• Justice Department Seeks to Intervene (10/14/09)
• Trial Court's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Following Trial (9/8/09)
• Post-Trial Brief: Proposed Findings (7/13/09)
• Post-Trial Response to State's Proposed Findings (7/22/09)
• Decision Denying State's Motion for Summary Judgment (2/19/09)
• Brief in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (12/07)

Appeals Court Documents

Brief of DAI and Supporting Briefs

• Brief of Dick Thornburgh and Former State Mental Health Commissioners (10/13/10)
• Brief of Current and Former Adult Home Residents (10/13/10)
• Brief of Charles Currie, Nelba Chavez, and Others (10/13/10)
• Brief of American Academy of Community Psychiatry and Others (10/13/10) 
• Brief of New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services and Others (10/13/10)
• Brief of DAI (10/6/10)
• Brief of United States (10/6/10)

Briefs Supporting NY's Position

• Amicus Brief of Empire State Association (7/30/10)
• Amicus Brief of  Forty Relatives (7/30/10)
• Amicus Brief of Americare and Others (7/30/10)
• Amicus Brief of Five States (7/30/10)
• Brief of New York (7/23/10)
• Brief of NYCQAL (7/23/10)
  

Press Releases

• Adult Home Residents Suffer a Setback; The Court of Appeals Vacates Judge Garaufis’ Decision on a Technical Ground (4/6/12)
• Judge Grants Enormous Victory for New York Adult Home Residents; Orders State to Provide Supported Housing for All Qualified Residents Who Want It (3/1/10)
• Disability Groups Win Landmark Case Affirming Rights of People with Mental Disabilities in State-Funded Adult Homes (9/8/09)
• Federal Court Upholds Rights of People with Mental Illnesses in Adult Homes (2/19/09)
• Lawsuit Seeks Community Integration for Thousands of New Yorkers with Mental Illnesses (7/1/03)

Media Coverage

• Judge: Mentally Ill Should Move Homes to Neighborhoods, ABC News (3/4/10)
• Judge Orders New York City to Move Mentally Ill Out of Large, Institutional Housing, New York Times (3/1/10)
• Judge Orders Out Mentally Disabled Residents of Adult Homes, If They Want To Live On Their Own, New York Daily News (3/1/10)
• Federal Judge Rules NY Violated Americans with Disabilities Act in Housing Mentally Ill, AP (9/8/09)
• State Discriminated Against Mentally Ill, Judge Ruled, New York Times (9/8/09)