CONSUMER DIRECTED ACTION OF NEW YORK INC

SEE SCHEDULE OPROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(4)OF THE IRC OF 1986, AS AMENDED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: A)DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF USERS AND PROVIDERS OF THE CONSUMER DIRECTED PERSONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (AS ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 81 SECTION 77 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF NEW YORK 1995 (SOCIAL SERVICES LAW 365-F), A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED TO PERMIT CHRONICALLY ILL AND/OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HOME CARE SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID OR OTHER STATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN OBTAINING SUCH SERVICES, AND B)CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PUBLICIZING THE POSITIONS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CONCERNING THESE ISSUES.