QUESTION
Who is the public housing liaison within NYC Aging and what are their duties?
0:47:17
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The New York City Department for the Aging has two liaisons responsible for maintaining relations and addressing issues related to older adult clubs.
- One liaison is an unnamed associate commissioner who serves Brooklyn.
- Stephen Wilkinson is identified as the other liaison.
- Their duties include overseeing various programs at older adult clubs.
- They work on maintaining provider relationships and addressing repairs.
- They escalate priority issues to the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
Crystal Hudson
0:47:17
And local loss 75 also of 2021 required the establishment of a public housing liaison on within NYC Aging.
0:47:25
Do you know who the current liaison is and what their responsibilities are?
Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez
0:47:28
We have 2 liaisons.
0:47:30
Ours is our one of our associate commissioners who serves the borough, I believe, of Brooklyn, and then we have Stephen Wilkinson, who also is over many programs in our OAC's both of them are in the Bureau of Community Services and on work specifically on older adult clubs.
0:47:53
And their role is to maintain those relationships with both our providers on those repairs and bring those to NICA.
0:48:01
And escalate those that are priorities.
Crystal Hudson
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Thank you.
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