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Proposed budget reduction and its impact on DFTA services
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about the proposed $100 million reduction in the New York City Agent budget and its potential impact on older adult centers and services. Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez responds that there has been reassurance from the Office of Budget and Management that service levels will be maintained despite the anticipated fiscal cliff.
- The proposed cut threatens to eliminate a third of older adult centers and critical services
- The Commissioner states that current service levels will be maintained
- The budget reduction is part of a broader fiscal cliff conversation
Selvena Brooks-Powers
0:40:56
The proposed $100,000,000 reduction in the New York City Agent budget threatens to eliminate a third of the older adult centers and critical services like congregate meals, case management, and naturally re recurring retirement communities.
0:41:17
What steps is the administration taking to prevent these vital programs from being lost, And how will the city ensure that older adults in communities like mine, where senior centers are heavily utilized, continue to have access to these critical services?
0:41:35
I have a couple of follow-up questions, but I'll stop there to allow you to answer.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:41:39
Thank you.
0:41:40
As the chair asked a very similar question and the money that you're talking about is the fiscal cliff that had been anticipated.
0:41:55
In conversations with the Office of Budget and Management, with the director directly and myself, there's been a reassurance that there will be no service levels will be left at its current level.