KENDRA'S LAW CONTACTS

Here are people to call if you think someone could benefit from AOT and meets the criteria.

If you want someone admitted to the AOT program, you are going to have to fight hard and be persistent. If you are not able/willing to do that, and you have the resources, file a petition yourself. Following are people you can try to cajole into letting someone into the program, but because Commissioner Hogan does not support the program, these people do not have the resources they need. Thank you.

These contacts may become dated. Theoretically there is an up to date list here: http://bi.omh.ny.gov/aot/about?p=aot-contacts

Long Island Region

Marilyn Sullivan
Long Island Field Office
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Building 45-3
998 Crooked Hill Road
West Brentwood, NY 11717-1087
Ph: 631-761-2092
Fax: 631-761-2820
pgocmrs@omh.state.ny.us
Laura Gravina
Ph: 631-761-2486

Western New York Region

Patricia Bylewski (716) 885-4219 (x234)

Central New York Counties:
Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence

Bill Licurse
Central New York Field Office
545 Cedar Street
Syracuse, NY 13210-2319
Ph: 315-426-3941
Fax: 315-426-3950
coadwjl@omh.state.ny.us
Sharon Frisbie
Ph: 315-426-3934
Rebecca Briney (315) 472-2097

New York City Coordinator for NYC
Dr. Michael Lesser (212) 219-5602

New York State Coordinator for NYC
Susan Shilling
New York City Field Office
330 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10001-3101
Ph: 212-330-6380 (718) 221-7667
Fax: 212-330-6414
coopsxs@omh.state.ny.us
Paul Iappini Ph: 212-330-6376

Manhattan/Rikers Island
Bellevue Hospital Dr. Berger (212) 562-4219 or (212) 562-7315

Queens
Najwa Awad, Ph: 212-330-6377
Elmhurst Hospital Dr. Garza (718) 334-3547 or (718) 963-5744

Kings/Richmond
Al Johnson Ph: 212-330-6392
Brooklyn/Staten Island - Woodhull Hospital Dr. Trachtenberg (718) 963-5744

Bronx
Brenda Thompson Ph: 212-330-6379
Bronx - North Central Bronx Hospital Dr. Rogge (718) 519-2475 (718) 519-2455

Hudson River:
Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester
Melissa Wagner
Hudson River Field Office
4 Jefferson Plaza
3rd Floor
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Ph: 845-454-8694
Fax: 845-454-8218
coctmkw@omh.state.ny.us
Jan Spalding (845) 454-8229

Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Rockland
Sharon Kuriger
Ph: 845-454-8229

Long Island/Nassau/Suffolk
Marilyn Sullivan
Long Island Field Office
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Building 45-3
998 Crooked Hill Road
West Brentwood, NY 11717-1087
Ph: 631-761-2092
Fax: 631-761-2820
pgocmrs@omh.state.ny.us
Laura Gravina
Ph: 631-761-2486

Western NY: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Lynda Battaglia
Western New York Field Office
737 Delaware Avenue
Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14209
Ph: 716-885-4219, Ext. 234
Fax: 716-885-4096
owadlmb@omh.state.ny.us
Jean Hockstaff
Ph: 607-737-4974

If you have to appeal to the state:
NYS OMH Central Office Keith Brennan
Assistant Counsel
Central Office
44 Holland Avenue 8th. Floor
Albany, NY 12229
Ph: 518-474-1331
Fax: 518-473-7863
colekjb@omh.state.ny.us

NYS OMH Kendra's Law Project Director
(518) 402-2416

If your relative needs AOT and none of these work, call the Treatment Advocacy Center at 703 294-6005