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Suggestion for joint hearing on aging and veterans
1:57:18
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Brian Ellicott Cook suggests holding a joint hearing for aging and veterans committees to address overlapping concerns.
- Cook proposes combining efforts to address the needs of aging veterans and the general aging population
- Holden confirms that such a joint hearing is already being planned
Brian Ellicott Cook
1:57:18
Go Can I make one suggestion?
1:57:20
I know the budget's limited and so is our time.
1:57:23
But might I suggest that you and chair Hudson have a joint hearing for aging and veterans together?
Robert Holden
1:57:31
Right.
1:57:31
We requested, yeah.
Brian Ellicott Cook
1:57:32
Because she is also facing, we at SAGE also advocated that our centers need $10,000,000 to prevent almost 60 of them for closing this year.
1:57:44
And I think the way that the aging population of veterans and the aging population of just your everyday New Yorker need to come together.
Robert Holden
1:57:51
Yeah.
1:57:52
Did have a conversation on that already.
1:57:53
So we are planning that in the future.
1:57:55
But thank you for that.
1:57:56
Yes.
1:57:57
Do you want to