A visit from the Commissioner
Here is a story from R News about the visit to CDR/RCIL from the Commissioner of Human Rights. Arlene is writing our perpective of the visit, and when she finishes with her report, I will post it here.
Human Rights Comm. Visits Rochester
by Scott Fairbanks
Published Mar 28, 2007
Kumiki Gibson tours Disability Center. 
The new state human rights commissioner wants disabled people to know they have more than one option to overcome obstacles.
Kumiki Gibson visited Rochester to tour the Center for Disability Rights.
She also assessed the issues facing different community groups, including discrimination against the disabled.
Gibson said many people aren’t aware of her department and what it has to offer.
“We have great human rights laws, especially in regards to the disabled,” Gibson said. “It’s broader than the Federal Disabilities Act and so we want people with disabilities to know we’re here to help and that if they have a complaint, feel discriminated against, they can come to us.”
The New York State Division of Human Rights has eleven regional offices across the state.
The Rochester office is on Monroe Avenue.