REMARKS
Council Member Adrienne Adams' opening remarks
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Council Member Adrienne Adams emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive environment for seniors during the fiscal year 2025 preliminary budget hearing for the Committee on Aging.
- Adams praises seniors as integral members of the community and emphasizes the necessity for spaces that allow aging with dignity.
- She advocates for accessible living spaces, access to food programs, and support for older adult centers.
- The importance of engaging more seniors in beneficial services and programs such as NORCs (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities) is highlighted.
- The contribution of seniors to society is acknowledged, and continuing investment in their health and safety is deemed crucial.
- Adams closes by thanking the commissioner for testifying and indicates she has further questions.
Adrienne Adams
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Commissioner, I'm gonna take you up on that op ed.
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Business on that ageism because I'm feeling that too.
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Thank you so much for being here, and thank you to your Hudson for leading today's fiscal year 2025 preliminary budget hearing for the committee on aging.
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Seniors, as I always say, are the jewels of our communities.
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You've heard me say this a million times Lorraine, All of us and the people we love need care in spaces to age with dignity.
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Our older adults deserve to live in a community and lead safe and independent lives.
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And that can only happen if we work to make sure our living spaces are truly accessible.
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If our older adults have access to food programs and if our older adult centers have the support they need.
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I always tell my seniors that I live to be them someday.
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I was actually in my one of my norks my Rochelle Newark about 3 days ago in the pouring rain, and I always feel like a rock star when I go through there, They've known me for so many years, and they understand how much I love them.
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And he hearing, though, about my Rochelle Newark, it also brought to my attention that we need to get more seniors involved in the Newark.
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Because of the services they provide.
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We had visiting nurse service leadership in our meeting also, and it just drove something home for me that we just really need to get more seniors engaged and involved in our norks and to see what more we can do.
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And I know that discounts has always been a proponent for norks across the entire city, and we still are proponents for that.
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Our seniors, of course, have paved the path for us to be here today, and it's important that we continue to invest in their health and safety to meet the needs to meet their needs.
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Thank you again, commissioner for being here to testify today.
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I do have a few questions for you and your staff at the appropriate time.
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Thank you, madam chair.