New York State is participating in a national pilot to support dedicated Disability Program Navigator (DPN) positions in local One Stop Centers. Under this initiative, DPNs serve as disability resource specialists to assist individuals with disabilities “navigate” through available programs and services in the local One-Stop system. The DPNs work to increase employment opportunities and the self-sufficiency of persons with disabilities by linking them to employers to achieve successful entry or re-entry into the workforce. Below is a listing of DPN’s by Local Workforce Investment Area:
Albany/Rensselaer/Schenectady Counties:
Ms. Geri Walsh
Location 1: Rensselaer County One Stop
Ned Pattison Office Building
1600 7th Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 270-2978
schenectadyrensselaerdpn@yahoo.com
Rensselaer County One Stop: Tuesdays 8:30-12; Wednesdays 8:30-4:00
Location 2: Schenectady County One Stop
Center City Building
433 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305
(518) 344-2762
schenectadyrensselaerdpn@yahoo.com
Schenectady County One Stop: Tuesdays 1:00-4:00; Fridays 8:30-4:00
Ms. Tina Bowie
Career Central
175 Central Avenue, Third Floor
Albany, New York 12206
(518) 462-7600x165
albanydpn@yahoo.com
Broome/Tioga
Mr. Mark Nargiso
Broome Workforce New York
171 Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
607-778-6464
mnargiso@co.broome.ny.us
Ms. Laurie Racine
Broome Workforce New York
171 Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
607-778-6462
lracine@co.broome.ny.us
Buffalo/Erie Counties:
Ms. Linda Spears
77 Goodell Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 856-5627
lspears-peopleinc@wdcinc.org
Ms. Julia Hall
3176 Abbott Rd
Orchard Park, NY 14127
(716) 825-2525 ext. 3030
jhall_onestop@yahoo.com
Cattaraugus/Allegany:
Mr. Scott Miller
Cattaraugus One-Stop Career Center
175 N. Union Street
Olean, NY 14760
716-373-1880 ext. 274
scottmiller@cattco.org
Ms. Rada Biedakiewicz
Allegany County
7 Wells Lane
Belmont, NY 14813
(585) 268-9724
Biedakr@alleganyco.com
Cayuga/Cortland:
Ms. Maria Mucaria
Cortland Works Career Center
99 Main Street
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-7585, Ext. 3255
mariam@jmmurray.com
Mr. David Kromer
Cayuga Works Career Center
199 Franklin Street - Suite 204
Auburn, NY 13021
(315) 253-1013 Cayuga Works Center
(315) 253-0334 Unity House
davekromer@excite.com
Chautauqua County:
Ms. Gail Donus
Jamestown One-Stop
23 East 3rd Street
Jamestown, NY 14701
(716) 487-5124
TTY: (716) 487-5117
gdonus@chautauquaworks.com
Chemung/Schuyler/Steuben
Mrs. Lynn Paige
Chemung/Schuyler/Steuben Workforce
20 Denison Parkway West
Corning, NY 14830
607-937-8337
lpaige@stny.rr.com
Chenango/Delaware/Otsego
Kathy DeAngelo
CDO Workforce One-Stop Career Center
12 Dietz Street
Oneonta, NY 13820
deangelok@otsegocounty.com
Tylena Daniels
CDO Workforce One-Stop Career Center
1 O'Hara Drive
Norwich, NY 13815
607-334-2201
tdaniels_oet@adelphia.net
Bonnie Cornwell
CDO Workforce One-Stop Career Center
21 Liberty Street
Sidney, NY 13838
607-561-7550
deloetbc@stny.rr.com
Clinton/Essex/Franklin/Hamilton Counties:
Mr. Norman Karp
Elizabethtown One Work Source
103 Hand Avenue
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
(518) 873-2341
M & F: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
norman@ncci-online.com
Mr. Leonard Crispell
41 Pearl Street
Malone, NY 12953
M-Th: (518) 481-5755 Ext. 3006 - OneWorkSource
T-W-F: (518) 483-2151 - MILC
leonardatmilc@hotmail.com
Ms. Sondra Tarbox
North Country Center for Independence
102 Sharron Avenue
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(518) 561-0430 - OneWorkSource
(518) 563-9058 ext. 106 (North Country Center for Independence
sondra@ncci-online.com
Columbia/Greene Counties:
Mr. Antonio Echevestre
Columbia Greene Community College
4400 Route 23
Hudson, NY 12534
(518) 828-4181 ext. 5510
echevestre@sunycgcc.edu
Fulton/Montgomery/Schoharie Counties:
Ms. Connie Glover
FMS Workforce Development Board
2620 Riverfront Center
Amsterdam, NY 12010
(518) 842-3676 x3019
cglover@fmsworkforcesolutions.org
Genesee/Livingston/Orleans/Wyoming Counties (GLOW):
Mr. Wayne Rowe
122 Caroline Street
Albion, NY 14411
Phone: (585) 748-5037
wrowe@arcoforleans.org
Hempstead/Long Beach:
Pamela Sullivan
Town of Hempstead
Hempstead/Works
50 Clinton Street, Suite 400
Hempstead, New York 11550
(516) 485-5000 x1139
psullivan@abilitiesinc.org
psullivan@hempsteadworks.com
Herkimer/Madison/Oneida
Mr. Michael R. Fay
Working Solutions, Rome
MVCC Rome Academic Bldg.
1101 Floyd Ave.
Rome, NY 13440
Phone: 315-339-0046 ext. 225
Fax: 315-339-7349
mfay@workingsolutionsrome.org
Mr. Alan Lam
Working Solutions, Utica
209 Elizabeth Street
Utica, NY 13501
Phone: 315-793-2229
Fax: 315-266-6123
alanlam325@gmail.com
Jefferson/Lewis Counties:
Ms. Deborah Greene
Jefferson County Department of Employment & Training
1222 Coffeen Street
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 782-9252
d.greene@sunyjefferson.edu
Monroe County:
Ms. Rene Reese
255 N. Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 258-3512
rreese@rochesterworks.org
New York City
Michael A. Garel
Staten Island Workforce 1 Career Center
60 Bay Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: (718) 285-8400
Fax: (718) 981-8749
mgarel@arbornyc.com
Shakeena Harris
Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center
9 Bond Street
Brooklyn, NY 11102
Phone: (718) 246-5219 x 2057
Fax: (718) 246-5965
sharris@goodwillny.org
Cherie Glover
Bronx Workforce 1 Career Center
358 East 149th Street
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: (718) 960-4666
Fax: (718) 993-5091
cglover@wildcatatwork.org
Gabriel Zatz-Gilman
Upper Manhattan WF1CC
163 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (917) 493-7000
Fax: (917) 280-3729
ggilman@goodwillny.org
Anna B. Jones
Queens Workforce 1 Career Center
168-46 91st Avenue, 2nd Floor
Jamaica, NY 11432
Phone: (718) 557-6722
Fax: (718) 297-6395
ajones@goodwillny.org
Niagara County:
Suzanne Merrell
Niagara County Employment and Training
1001 Eleventh Street
Niagara Falls, NY 14301
(716) 278-8239
suzanne.merrell@niagaracounty.com
Onondaga County:
Mr. Bob James
CNY Works
443 North Franklin Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 477-6908
rjames@cnyworks.com
Mr. Christopher Kennedy
CNY Works
443 North Franklin Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 473-8250
ckennedy@cnyworks.com
Ontario/Seneca/Wayne/Yates
Barbara E. McBride
Disability Program Navigator
Finger Lakes Works
1 DiPronio Drive
Waterloo, NY 13165
(315) 539-1906
bmcbride@co.seneca.ny.us
Orange County:
Ms. Veronica Jones
Orange County Employment
and Training Administration
3 Washington Center - 4th Floor
Newburgh, NY 12550
(845) 568-5052 or (845) 346-1321
vjones@co.orange.ny.us
Oswego
Ms. Elizabeth Teifke
200 North 2nd Street
Fulton, NY 13069
(315) 591-9026
Eteifke@oswegocounty.com
Oyster Bay
Brigid Hand
Hicksville Career Center
301 West Old Country Road
Hicksville, New York 11801
(516) 873-5681
bhand@oysterbay-ny.gov
Brigid Hand
Massapequa Career Center
977 Hicksville Road
Massapequa, NY 11758
(516) 797-7861
bhand@oysterbay-ny.gov
Mondays and Thursdays
Rockland County
Mr. Brian Hauser
M,W,F - Tomorrow's Workplace
One Perlman Drive
Spring Valley, NY 10977
(845) 356-5100
brian@tomorrowsworkplace.org
T,Th - Rockland Independent Living Center
75 W. Rt. 59, Suite 2130
Nanuet, NY 10954
(845) 624-1366
Saratoga/Warren/Washington Counties
Kevin O'Brien, DPN
Saratoga One Stop Center
152 West High Street, Room B204
Ballston Spa NY 12020
(518) 884-4170
(518) 884-4262 - Fax
dpnvikes@yahoo.com
Nicole Martin, DPN
Warren County One Stop Center
Northway Plaza
Queensbury, New York 12804
(518) 743-0925 ext. 883
(518) 793-4316 - Fax
Or
One Stop Center of Washington County
383 Broadway
Fort Edward, New York 12828
(518) 746-2391
(518) 746-2392 - Fax
nmartin@saratogabridges.org
St. Lawrence County
Ms. Jai Fiacco
St. Lawrence County One-Stop Career Center
80 State Highway 310
Canton, NY 13617
(315) 386-3276
jfiacco@co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Suffolk County
Ms. Alice Young
Suffolk County One-Stop Employment Center
725 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 853-6775
abilities12000@yahoo.com
Ms. Donna Passin
Suffolk County One-Stop Employment Center
725 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 853-6939
donna.passin@suffolkcountyny.gov
Sullivan County:
Mr. Ryan Tinsley
50 North Street
Monticello, NY 12701
(845) 794-3340 x326
ryan.tinsley@co.sullivan.ny.us
Ms. Patricia Bevacqua
50 North Street
Monticello, NY 12701
(845) 794-3340 x317
patricia.bevacqua@co.sullivan.ny.us
Tompkins County:
Mr. Kevin Nickerson
Tompkins Workforce New York
171 East State Street
PMB 154
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-7570 x136
TTY: (607) 272-3285
kevinn@aboutchallenge.org
Ulster
Ulster County Office of Employment & Training
651 Development Court
Kingston, NY 12401
845-334-5555
Westchester
Elizabeth White
143 Grand Street
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 995-2643
elizabethw@wdom.org
Siva Kessler
Disability Program Navigator
Westchester Disabled on the Move Inc.
984 North Broadway, Suite L-01
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 968-4717 ext. 11
sivak@wdom.org
Yonkers:
Ms. Lynn Carr
NADAP
20 South Broadway, 12th Floor
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 964-0105 X102
lcarr@nadap.org