Action Alert
JUNE 19, 2009


ADVOCACY WORKS!
CSCS, MEMBERS AND SENIOR VOICES WERE HEARD!

$32 MILLION RESTORATION TO SENIOR SERVICES IN FY10 BUDGET

 

PROGRAM PROPOSED CUT RESTORATION
*Social Adult Day $2.3 million $2.0 million
*Intergenerational $1.0 million $850,000
Senior Centers 5% cut $5.3 million $5.0 million
**Senior Centers gap $8.0 million $4.5 million
Elder Abuse $849,000 $849,000
Borough President funds $7.6 million $6.1 million (20% cut per borough)
NORCs $1.0 million $1.0 million
I&R Extended Services $1.5 million $1.5 million
Food costs $4.55 million $4.55 million
Transportation $3.0 million $2.55 million
Space Costs $1.95 million $1.95 million
Healthy Aging $1.35 million $1.1 million
TOTAL $38.4 million $32.0 million

*Total funding eliminated as of Dec. 31, 2008 – reinstated in FY10 budget
** According to DFTA, an $8 million budget gap was created when meals-on-wheels funding was removed from senior center budgets for the restructuring. These funds will go towards that gap.

For full FY10 City Budget, go to www.council.nyc.gov - See Schedule C on home page or http://council.nyc.gov/downloads/pdf/fy_2010_sched_c_final.pdf

 


PLEASE SEND THANK YOU LETTERS TO:

 

Mayor Michael Bloomberg your Councilmember(s)
City Hall
NY, NY 10007

Speaker Christine Quinn
City Hall
NY, NY 10007

Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo
Chair, Committee on Aging
250 Broadway
NY, NY 10007


Date

Dear _______,
On behalf of my (name of program), I would like to thank you for putting back money for senior centers and many other senior services programs. We appreciate the services and the hardworking staff. Our senior center (or other program) cannot take any more cuts and are grateful for your support.

Sincerely,

____________________________
Name

___________________________
Address

___________________________


____________________________
Name of senior center or program
 

 

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

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