NYSCASA is not a 24-hour service provider and does not provide crisis services. For immediate help in New York, click here to find your local rape crisis program or call the New York State Hotline for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: 1.800.942.6906.
To request assistance, email the relevant staff member listed below.
General Inquiries: info@nyscasa.org or 518.482.4222
Media/Press Inquiries: William Rivera, Interim Executive Director, wrivera@nyscasa.org
Mail: 16 North Greenbush Road, Suite 207, Troy, NY 12180
NYSCASA Staff
William Rivera (he/him/his)
Interim Executive Director • wrivera@nyscasa.org
Thanjinia Haque (she/her/hers)
Prevention & Outreach Program Coordinator • thaque@nyscasa.org
Director of Finance and Accounting • finance1@nyscasa.org
Dishpaul Dhuga (he/him/his)
Associate Director of Operations• ddhuga@nyscasa.org
Dimetra Colbourne-Johnson (she/her/hers)
Program & Technical Assistance Manager• djohnson@nyscasa.org
Melissa Belz (she/her/hers)
PREA Program Coordinator• mbelz@nyscasa.org
Board of Directors
Nitch Jones, President
Liverpool, NY
Laurel Polttila, Vice President
Plattsburgh, NY
Andrea Hadcock, Secretary
Williamstown, NY
Dr. Adrianne Morton
Buffalo, NY
Marissa Saunders
Syracuse, NY
