Q&A
Council member questions fiscal cliff in NYC Aging's budget
1:59:09
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66 sec
Council Member Crystal Hudson asks Tara Klein to elaborate on the statement that the Adams administration is sacrificing the goals of the community care plan by not addressing the fiscal cliff in NYC Aging's budget. Klein explains that while other city agencies supporting children, youth, and adults had their fiscal cliffs addressed, NYC Aging still faces budget cuts.
- Klein points out that budget decisions show the mayor does not prioritize older New Yorkers
- She notes that some agencies had fiscal cliffs addressed and budget cuts restored, but NYC Aging still faces cuts
- Klein emphasizes that the numbers make it clear that older adults are not a priority for the current administration
Crystal Hudson
1:59:09
Thank you so much.
1:59:09
And then you just started to get into this a little bit, and I know, you know, 2 minutes is a lot.
1:59:14
We do obviously have the written testimony that will be submitted for the record, but I do wanna just ask You have a line here that says the Adams administration is sacrificing the goals of the community care plan by not addressing the fiscal cliff in New York City Aging's budget.
1:59:28
Can you just talk a little bit more about that and any specifics that you can get into?
Tara Klein
1:59:36
Yes, absolutely.
1:59:37
And thank you for the extra time.
1:59:40
You know, I think that it's clear, you know, these decisions are made, you know, from the city, from the the mayor's administration.
1:59:48
We've actually seen many of the other agencies in the city that support children and youth and adults actually had a lot of their fiscal clips addressed in this last budget, and some of their head cuts restored.
2:00:00
We did have a couple of the pegs restored for NYC Aging, but there are still existing cuts in there.
2:00:06
And so, you know, the budget decisions really make it clear that the mayor does not prioritize older New Yorkers.
2:00:12
I think it's it's simple to see in the numbers.
