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David A. Paterson, Governor
Gladys Carrión, Esq., Commissioner

Office of Children & Family Services

Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped

District Office Locations

District 1: Buffalo

Ellicott Square Building
295 Main Street, Room 590 (mail goes to room 545)
Buffalo, NY 14203
Telephone: (716) 847-3516
TDD: (716) 847-3500
Buffalo Outstation: (716) 773-1252

Rochester Outstation: (585) 238-8110
Outstation Counselor: Bill Hall (585) 238-8109
Outstation Counselor: Darla Roberts (814) 726-5637
Jamestown Outstation: (716) 488-1292
Outstation Counselor: Darla Roberts (814) 726-5637
Dundee Outstation: (607) 243-7596
Outstation Counselor: Bill Hall (585) 238-8109

Serves Adults and Children in: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates Counties
Serves Children only in: Chemung, Schuyler, and Seneca Counties
VR and ALP only: Monroe, Ontario, and Wayne Counties.

District 3: Syracuse

The Atrium
100 S. Salina Street, Suite 105
Syracuse, NY 13202
Telephone: 315-423-5417
TDD: (315) 423-5426
Utica Outstation: 315-793-5458
Elmira Outstation: (607) 737-1007

Serves Adults and Children in: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties
Serves Adults only in: Chemung, Seneca, Schuyler, and Yates Counties
Serves Children only in: St. Lawrence County

District 4: Albany

40 North Pearl 15th Floor
Albany, NY 12210-2329
Telephone: (518) 473-1675
TDD: (518) 473-1698
Tupper Lake Outstation: 518-359-7936

Serves: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington Counties
VR only: St. Lawrence County.

District 5: White Plains

445 Hamilton Avenue, 5th Floor, Room 503
White Plains, NY 10601
Telephone: (914) 993-5370
TDD: (914) 993-5327
New Winsor: 845-567-1054

Serves: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester Counties

District 6: Manhattan

80 Maiden Lane 23rd Floor
NY, NY 10038
Telephone: (212) 825-5710
TDD: (212) 825-7367

VR only: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island

District 7: Hempstead

50 Clinton Street, Suite 208
Hempstead, NY 11550
Telephone: (516) 564-4311
TDD: (516) 564-4325
Fax: (516) 292-7448

Serves: Nassau, Suffolk, Queens (VR and Independent Living Only) Counties

District 8: Harlem

163 West 125th Street, Room 209
New York, NY 10027
Telephone: (212) 961-4440
TDD: (212) 961-4444

Serves: Manhattan and the Bronx