WHAT IS GOING ON? NYC to Close All 147 Senior Centers!

NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY (NYCHA) ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CLOSE ALL 147 SENIOR CENTERS AND NORCs WHAT IS GOING ON?

In testimony at a City Council budget hearing last week, NYCHA announced that, due to budget deficits, they were planning to close all 147 senior centers. This will also impact NORCs.
City Council needs to loudly object to this. This on top of all the restructuring plans and budget cuts at DFTA. Obviously, thousands of seniors will be left hung out to dry by the city. What is going on?

IT IS CRITICAL THAT SENIORS IMMEDIATELY CALL, CALL, CALL THEIR COUNCILMEMBERS, DFTA AND MAYOR BLOOMBERG TO STOP THIS OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL. SEND THE MESSAGE IN ANY LANGUAGE.
YOU MUST CALL! THE BUDGET PROCESS IS OVER IN A FEW WEEKS.

The message is: “Don’t close senior centers. How can you even think of closing 147 senior centers? Doesn’t anyone care any more? Do whatever you need to do to make sure senior centers and NORCs in housing authority buildings don’t close. Thousands of seniors will fall through the cracks.”

Call Mayor Michael Bloomberg and DFTA Commissioner Ed Mendez Santiago – call 311 and ask for the Mayor’s office. The Department for the Aging has a memorandum of understanding with NYCHA for funding to keep senior centers open utilizing NYCHA funds. DFTA has responsibility in this proposal.

For further information, please contact Bobbie Sackman, (212) 398-6565, x226 or bsackman@cscs-ny.org