ALERT: LiveOn NY November Home Care Funding Action Alert

An astounding 500 homebound seniors are on waiting lists for home care funded by the Department for the Aging (DFTA)!

It’s time to send Mayor Bill de Blasio a strong message –  as the Mayor for all New Yorkers, you have a responsibility to fully fund home care immediately in the City’s November plan! 

Why was funding was cut from $4.3 million to $2 million? 

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TESTIMONY: LiveOn NY Right to Counsel

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Testimony by Katelyn Hosey, Housing Policy Analyst, LiveOn NY in support of Intro. 214-A

TESTIMONY: City Council Aging Committee Hearing: Reducing Senior Social Isolation and Increasing Recruitment and Retention at Senior Centers

New York City Council Joint Committee Hearing, Committee on Aging, Council Member Margaret Chin, Chair; Subcommittee on Senior Centers, Council Member Paul Vallone, Chair
Oversight - Reducing Senior Social Isolation and Increasing Recruitment and Retention at Senior Centers

Testimony of Andrea Cianfrani, Deputy Director of Public Policy, LiveOn NY 

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ALERT: Ask Seniors on SCRIE to take Survey

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Needed:  Seniors who are on SCRIE to take Survey! Deadline extended - Please complete survey by September 2, 2016 This survey is crucial to show the need for capping rents at 1/3 of seniors' income

Survey in several languages

Click here for SCRIE Survey in English
Click here for SCRIE Survey in Spanish
Click here for SCRIE Survey in Chinese
Click here for SCRIE Survey in Korean
Click here for SCRIE Survey in Russian

ALERT: Advocacy Works! - $33 Million in funding for DFTA

Advocacy works! $33 million in funding for Department for the Aging services

LiveOn NY’s Fair Budget Campaign for seniors must continue - services for older New Yorkers still shortchanged in the City budget