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DFTA's 50th anniversary celebration and key priorities
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Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez announces DFTA's upcoming 50th anniversary celebration and outlines the department's key priorities for the future. This milestone provides an opportunity to reflect on past achievements and focus on future goals.
- DFTA will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025.
- The anniversary coincides with a renewed focus on key priorities: community care, community building, caregiver support, and combating ageism.
- These priorities are viewed as overall components of every program, service, and initiative completed by DFTA.
- Upcoming events and opportunities will highlight the work done by DFTA, contract providers, and the New Yorkers served by the agency.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
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This year we celebrate NYC's aging fiftieth anniversary and are looking forward to including you in those celebrations across the five boroughs.
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Our fiftieth anniversary coincides with our renewed focus on aging services and key priorities for the entire agency, Community care, community building, caregiver support, and always combating ageism.
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We view these priorities as an overall component of every program, service, and initiative completed by NYCHE.
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There will be upcoming events and opportunities to highlight the work being done by this agency, our contract providers, and of course all the New Yorkers that we serve every day as we celebrate our golden anniversary.