In Person
Protecting Our Seniors: Services Expo
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke
Major Owens “Main Gym”
1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
This in-person event will focus on providing an array of senior-driven services/resources for the 9th Congressional District.
Special Guests:
- NYC Council Member Crystal Hudson Chair of Committee on Aging
- Assistant NYS Attorney General Michael Barbosa – Brooklyn/Queens Region,
- Assistant District Attorney Gregory Pavlides, Chief of the Frauds Bureau, Brooklyn DA’s Office
- Michelle Weber, Esq. Chief of Elder Abuse Unit, Brooklyn DA’s Office
Confirmed Agencies in Attendance:
- NYC Rent Freeze Program (Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) Program and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) Program)
- NYC Housing Preservation & Development Neighborhood Strategies (HPD)
- MTA (MTA Reduced-Fare Metro card), NYC Access-A-Ride
- CAMBA – Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry
- Council of Peoples Organization (COPO)
- NYC Department for the Aging
- SSA – Local SSA Office
- Brooklyn VA Medical Center
- NYC Veterans Services
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Housing Works
- Office of the State Comptroller Thomas P. Di Napoli
- JCCGCI’s Kings Highway Older Adult Center
- Brooklyn Community Price Center
- Caribbean Equality Project
Event Points of Contact
Orlando Ross Orlando.Ross@mail.house.gov (718) 287-1142
Michael Batista michael.batista@mail.house.gov (718) 287-1142
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