Feb 28, 2020
At the last Medicaid Redesign Team “public hearing” in NYC we were given less than 24 hour notice and the wrong address was on the notice. But with looming and recent cuts to Medicaid, the voice of the public and those directly impacted are more important...
Feb 26, 2020
During our 2019 Convention, last October, the Census New York Regional Director, Jeff T. Behler, addressed our membership. He spoke about the challenges this year’s Census, and, he described a variety of ways that we could be involved in order to maximize community...
Jan 30, 2020
NY StateWide Senior Action Council will hold it’s annual state budget briefing in two parts. 1. Thursday January 30, at 10AM on the Governor’s proposed budget for the NYS Office for Aging. 2. Thursday February 20, at 10AM on issues of concern to older...
Dec 3, 2019
By Roshan Abraham | November 27, 2019 A shortage of home health aides across New York state raised concerns at an Assembly hearing on services provided for aging New Yorkers last week. The hearing arrived as a $15 million budget increase for aging services began...
Nov 4, 2019
By Carol Polskycarol.polsky@newsday.com Updated July 30, 2019 9:53 AM Trina Tonorezos’ 71-year-old sister, bedridden from stage 4 cancer, recently wound up in a nursing home when she could not get approved for round-the-clock home care. She’d wanted to remain in her...
Oct 25, 2019
2019 StateWide Convention Day 1 https://www.nysenior.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NY_StateWide_Convention_10_15.mp4 2019 StateWide Convention Slideshow Day 2 Convention Dinner Slideshow 2019 (1)...