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