• Membership Dues for the 2025/26 council year are now open and due by November 30, 2025. Dues, which are an annual fee of $150 per provider agency (non-profit) and $200 for each for-profit agency, help fund our key initiatives, including:

    * The Annual Family Support Fair

    * The Legislative Breakfast

    * Advocacy Efforts

    * Website/Virtual Platform Maintenance

    Your participation is crucial, as these funds allow us to connect families and caregivers with vital services, advocate for our community’s needs, and ensure the intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) population remains a priority in conversations across Brooklyn and New York City.

    Membership Benefits:

    By paying dues and fulfilling our participation requirements, your agency receives several benefits:

    * Website listing: Your agency’s name and website will be listed on bkddcouncil.org.

    * Event discounts: Get discounted rates for BKDDC events.

    * Voting rights: Paid agencies that attend at least three meetings between September and June receive one vote in officer elections.

    * Committee participation: Join, attend, and present at various committees.

    Thank you for your continued support and dedication to the Brooklyn Developmental Disabilities Council.

    Payment Info:

    Payable To: Heaven’s Hands Community Services, Inc.
    Memo: 2025 BKDDC Dues
    Attn: Bryan Rothenstein
    Address: 67-10 Myrtle Avenue, 2nd Floor, Queens NY 11385

    Regards,

    The Brooklyn Developmental Disabilities Council Executive Committee

  • Rally to Stop the Federal Budget Scam

    Thursday, July 31, 2025
    11:00 AM
    Foley Square, New York City

    New York is under attack.

    The Federal budget scam will devastate our state — close hospitals, spike health insurance premiums and utility bills, gut the public benefits and make our communities less safe… all while millionaires and billionaires rake in unfair tax breaks.

    We refuse to let New Yorkers be sacrificed to this federal cruelty.

    Join us on July 31st at 11am in Foley Square as we rally to demand that Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature take immediate action. We’re calling for a Special Session to:

    • Fund our healthcare system and ensure New York is affordable for everyone by making the super-wealthy pay their fair share of taxes; and 
    • Keep New Yorkers safe by passing the New York for All and Dignity in Detention Acts.

    This is a moment of moral clarity. New Yorkers need real leadership — not silence.

    We need lawmakers to stand up and protect our communities. We can’t afford to wait.

    Click Here To Register To Attend!