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At CELJ (pronounced CELL-JAY) (Center for Elder Law & Justice), we advocate for justice at all stages of life to ensure that our clients may live independently and with dignity. Since 1978, our team of lawyers, paralegals, and social workers has provided comprehensive free legal services to the WNY community’s older adults, individuals with disabilities, and financially eligible population.
We serve as guardian for court-appointed older adults and people with disabilities, most of whom experienced abuse in the past. We are a trustee for WNY Coalition Pooled Trusts, which takes individuals out of the cycle of poverty, by allowing them to live in the community and maintain a comfortable quality of life. CELJ’s main office is located in Buffalo, New York, and we have satellite offices in Niagara and Chautauqua counties, as well as medical-legal partnerships at Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo General Medical Center, and John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital. See below for our press releases, recent highlights, and list of media appearances.
Contact: Kelly Barrett Sarama, Esq., Director of Development & Communications, (716) 853-3087 x 229, ksarama@elderjusticeny.org
CELJ In the NEWS
NATIONAL
“Nurse-staffing levels in NY nursing homes rank among the worst in the country, report finds” Crain’s New York Business, Lindsay Heckler, Esq. (also picked up in the Utica Observer-Dispatch and Herkimer Times Telegram.
“How troubled Syracuse nursing home fed $60 million into its owner’s corporate web” Syracuse Post-Standard, Lindsay Heckler, Esq.
“New York State budget expands Medicaid eligibility for older adults” WBFO, Kelly Barrett Sarama, Esq.
“Nursing homes helped bring down Cuomo. How has Hochul handled them?” WBFO, Lindsay Heckler, Esq.
“Weekends are a nursing home danger zone. A Syracuse home’s staffing is among NY’s worst” Syracuse Post-Standard, Lindsay Heckler, Esq.
“Hospital's new COVID support group: 'It can change lives,' patient says” WGRZ Channel 2, Kathy Kanaley
LOCAL
“Syracuse nursing home slammed for medication mix-up that lands resident in emergency room” Syracuse Post-Standard, Lindsay Heckler
“Buffalo: 3.4 million available in rental assistance as eviction moratorium set to expire” Niagara Frontier Publications, CELJ recommended by the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency for legal assistance
“Money, Not Study, For Nursing Home Oversight; Advocates Urge $20M In State Budget for Ombudsman Program” Harlem World Magazine, Karen Nicolson
“Buffalo’s Black older adults face their own share of health, economy inequities” WBFO, Karen Nicolson
“‘Aging is primarily a women’s issue’: Women face longer lives, less retirement savings” WBFO, Kelly Barrett Sarama