WEDNESDAY: OFFICIALS & ADVOCATES ANNOUNCE $200,000 FOR ALS SERVICES.

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER STEWART-COUSINS, SENATOR MAYER, NOTABLE ALS ADVOCATE PAT QUINN & OTHERS TO ANNOUNCE $200,000 STATE GRANT FOR THE ALS ASSOCIATION GREATER NEW YORK CHAPTER. $200,000 in funding secured by Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Senator Mayer will support care services for people with ALS and their families throughout New York State. 5,600 people are diagnosed with ALS each year in the United States.

WHITE PLAINS, NY -- On Wednesday, October 30th, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and State Senator Shelley Mayer will gather with local ALS leader Pat Quinn and others to announce $200,000 in funding for the ALS Association Greater New York Chapter. The funding will be used to support care services for people living with ALS and their families throughout New York State. A Yonkers native, Mr. Quinn is known for being one of the co-founders of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge which led to over $115 million in donations for ALS research and support services. Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Senator Mayer, Mr. Quinn, and others will discuss the significance additional funding will have on improving services for people living with ALS and their families. Opportunity for photos and one-on-ones to follow.  WHEN: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:00 AM  WHERE: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Marsal Caregiver Center 785 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY 10605 WHO:  State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins; State Senator Shelley B. Mayer;  Kristen Cocoman, President & CEO, The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter; Jeff Menkes, President & CEO, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital; Pat Quinn, Co-Creator of the Ice Bucket Challenge; and Members of the ALS Support Group at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. About the ALS Association Greater New York Chapter The ALS Association symbolizes the hopes of people everywhere that Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis will one day be a disease of the past - relegated to historical status, studied in medical textbooks, conquered by the dedication of thousands who have worked ceaselessly to understand and eradicate this perplexing killer. Until that day comes, The ALS Association relentlessly pursues its mission to help people living with ALS and to leave no stone unturned in search for the cure of the progressive neurodegenerative disease that took the life and name of Baseball Legend Lou Gehrig. As the only not-for-profit voluntary health agency dedicated solely to the fight against ALS, we direct the largest privately-funded research enterprise engaged to uncover the mystery of a disease that affects as many as 30,000 annually. With more than 5,600 people diagnosed each year - an average of 15 new cases each day - our mission is urgent. Click here to read more about the ALS Association Greater New York Chapter.