LiveOn NY's Spring Gala Dinner- This Year's Honorees!

An inspiring evening of cocktails, dinner, silent auction and a very special performance from Alive! 55+ and Kickin'!

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This Year's Honorees

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FreedomCare, Corporate Leadership Award

Sally Goldenberg and Gloria Pazmino, POLITICO New York, Media Award

Vy Higginsen, Mama Foundation for the Arts, Human Spirit Award

Funds raised through the Spring Gala help us provide critical advocacy, develop policy initiatives, work with seniors in need and change the way New Yorkers age.

 Please join us for this inspiring event!

David V. Pomeranz, President     

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Over 400 Seniors Converge on City Hall for Aging Budget Hearing in the Year of the Senior!

On March 13th, over 400 older New Yorkers from every corner of the city converged on City Hall to for a rally and the aging budget hearing. The message was clear and loud - "This is the Year of the Senior!" Seniors are the future of NYC, as they are the fastest growing part of the city's population.

LiveOn NY champions:

"Aging is an equality issue. Aging is a woman's issue. Aging is an immigrant issue. Aging is an affordable housing issue. Aging is a hunger and nutrition issue. Aging is building a peer community at senior centers and adult day programs. Aging is confronting elder abuse. Aging is receiving case management, home care and  meals-on-wheels in your home. Aging is supporting women caregivers - family, the community-based aging workforce, and home care workers. Aging is a time of great momentum as older New Yorkers anchor their families and communities. There is an ageist war on old women and men in Washington. It is up to New York City to act more responsibly than Washington and  fully fund the $60.6 million budget platform to provide a social safety net for older New Yorkers and family caregivers, one that is now thin."

In this Year of the Senior, it is time for City Council and Mayor de Blasio to stand up for older New Yorkers and the services that allow them to age with dignity in their home and community.

We look forward to LiveOn NY's 22nd Annual Senior Advocacy Day at City Hall on Wednesday May 3 when over 350 seniors will meet with their Council Members at 250 Broadway and hold a rally at City Hall.  Stay tuned for more details.

Working together, we can all make NYC a better place to age.

LiveOn NY's Spring Gala

The Gala Committee and Board of Directors are thrilled to invite you to

LiveOn NY's Annual Spring Gala Dinner!

An inspiring evening of cocktails, dinner, silent auction and music through the night!

Monday, April 24th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Current @ Chelsea Piers

The event will feature a performance from Human Spirit Honoree, Vy Higginsen's upcoming

show Alive! 55+ and Kickin'!

Funds raised through the Spring Gala help us provide critical advocacy, develop policy initiatives, work with seniors in need and change the way New Yorkers age.

Please join us for this inspiring event!

David V. Pomeranz, President    

Support LiveOn NY by purchasing sponsorships, tickets, ticket packages and journal ads click here or contact Regina Burden at rburden@liveon-ny.org or at 212-398-6565 x 232

Action Alert: Two Quick Ways to Take Action to Support Senior Centers and Programs

ACTION ALERT - March 6, 2017

What is Happening

The city and state budgets are moving forward. As LiveOn NY reported, there are serious threats to Title XX funds in the state budget which would result in the closure of at least 65 senior centers, as well as $13 million in cuts and cost shifts to aging services. In the city budget, there is no new money for home care, despite citywide waitlists of 560 seniors, which grows monthly, and no new money for Case Management Services despite over 1,800 seniors on waitlists - a 30% increase from last year.

What You Can Do

Here are two easy ways to get involved.

CITY

• Attend the Rally and City Council Committee on Aging Budget Hearing on Monday, March 13, 2017 at City Hall.  We need hundreds of seniors to fill up the Chambers for the hearing – you can register to testify at the hearing if you want. You can also attend the rally before the hearing.  Here’s a quick look at the schedule for March 13:
• Arrive by 9:00am if you want to attend the rally on the steps of City Hall, so you can get through security and get to the steps of City Hall.
• Arrive by 9:30/9:45 to attend the hearing to allow time to get through security and get seated inside City Hall.
• Wear shirts and hats with the name of your senior center. 
• Email Andrea at acianfrani@liveon-ny.org if you plan to attend.

STATE

• Ask seniors/staff to call their Assembly Member and Senator this week ask for support in the budget for senior centers and programs. Call Albany or local office. The message is:
• Don't let my senior center close.  Restore Title XX Funds. Thank you for your support of seniors.
• No dejes que mi centro de ancianos cierre. Reponga los fondos del título XX. Gracias por su apoyo a ancianos.
• 告訴他們 :  不要關閉我們的老人中心.  重新恢復 XX預算.  感謝您對耆老們的支持! 

How to Find your Legislators

STATE

• Click here to find your New York State Assemblymember
• Click here to find your New York State Senator

CITY

• Click here to find your City Council Member.

Media Update:  
Click here to read LiveOn NY Associate Executive Director of Public Policy Bobbie Sackman’s Op-Ed titled "Age-Friendly New York? Not With Cuomo's Budget Cuts" that appeared this morning in City & State New York Slant.

Contact Bobbie Sackman, Associate Executive Director of Public Policy at 212-398-6565x226 or bsackman@liveon-ny.org or Andrea Cianfrani, Dep. Director of Public Policy at 212-398-6565x233 or acianfrani@liveon-ny.org

Click here for a printable version of this Alert.