Q&A
Meals on Wheels program for diverse populations in Southern Brooklyn
1:13:10
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Council Member Susan Zhuang inquires about the availability of culturally appropriate Meals on Wheels services for the large Asian population in her Southern Brooklyn district.
- Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez confirms that there is a service provider for the Asian population but needs to check on specific coverage in Southern Brooklyn.
- The Commissioner explains that home-delivered meal programs are required to serve populations with their choice of religious and cultural food preferences.
- The Department commits to getting more information about the program's coverage in Council Member Zhuang's district.
Susan Zhuang
1:13:10
Thank you.
1:13:10
And then also, I asked before about the meal on wheel program.
1:13:15
Do you able to find anything in my district?
1:13:19
For especially, I have large Asian population in my district.
1:13:23
They keep asking me or the a lot of senior ask me, do we able to do meal on wheel on Chinese food, Korean food, this type of thing.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:13:32
We do have a service provider that provides meals on wheels for the Asian population.
1:13:38
So I'll get back to you and see what they're doing in your community.
1:13:41
The others
Susan Zhuang
1:13:42
They have sovereign Brooklyn.
1:13:43
Probably, they have in Queensland, but I did not see any in Southern Brooklyn.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:13:49
Do you ever forget me?
1:13:51
We it's it's it's citywide.
1:13:52
We the each one of the home delivered meals programmed because of an agreement we have with the council is to make sure that they serve the population in the choice of religious and cultural food that they they want.
1:14:07
So those provisions are are are tended to.
1:14:10
Okay.
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I
Susan Zhuang
1:14:10
was 29.
1:14:11
I still have the information.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:14:14
Yeah.
1:14:14
We'll get we'll get it for you.
1:14:15
We'll get it for you.
1:14:17
But I wanted to address housing for you.
