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Lawmakers and advocates call for additional state funding for aging services at AARP NY event

CITY AND STATE - MARCH 12, 2025

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright and state Sen. Cordell Cleare spoke at the virtual legislative forum presented by City & State.

Op-ed | New York is getting older. Can we keep up?

BROOKLYN PAPER - MARCH 10, 2025

The city must invest in services for older adults, write Council Member Crystal Hudson and LiveOn NY executive director Allison Nickerson.

LiveON NY launches campaign seeking millions for senior citizens

CBS 6 - FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Seniors and advocates demand NYC ‘Age Strong’ and provide billions in more funding for aging programs

AMNY - JANUARY 23, 2025

Seniors and advocates from more than 50 organizations rallied at City Hall Thursday to demand that NYC provide $2.3 billion in additional funds to enhance services for older adults.

Hundreds rally at Queens Borough Hall to protest $102M cuts to senior services

QNS - MARCH 19, 2025

Hundreds of seniors gathered at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday morning to protest a proposed $102 million budget cut to the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA)—a reduction that advocates warn could lead to the closure of up to 90 senior centers across the city.

Reynoso, LiveOn NY host ‘Brooklyn Advocacy Day’

BROOKLYN EAGLE - MARCH 3, 2025

The press conference was part of LiveOn NY's Age Strong NYC campaign urging Mayor Eric Adams to invest $2.3 billion in older New Yorkers.

NYC seniors honor dedicated case manager in Queens

PIX 11 - FEBRUARY 7, 2025

New York seniors held handmade signs to honor their hero, their beloved case manager at Sunnyside Community Services

Why More Older New Yorkers Are Ending Up in Homeless Shelters

NEW YORK TIMES - JUNE 28, 2024

The number of people older than 65 who are living in shelters is growing quickly, in an unheralded sign of New York City’s affordable housing crisis.

New York’s senior citizens rally for housing repairs, oppose funding cuts to aging services

QNS.COM - March 11, 2024

Senior citizens and community organizations across New York held a rally at Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens on Thursday, where they called for senior centers to be repaired and upgraded—and for the better services for older adults.