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• Senator
• Assembly Member
• General Public
• Speaker Silver
• Majority Leader Skelos

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• General Public
• Speaker Silver
• Majority Leader Skelos

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• General Public
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Alerts

Action Alert // Model thank you letters
03/28/11

Advocacy Works! Title XX Restored!

Action Alert
03/24/11

TIME IS RUNNING OUT - MAKE YOUR 1st OR 100th CALL TO GOVERNOR CUOMO NOW!

Action Alert
03/16/11

State Legislator Restore title XX funds - Advocacy must continue

Action Alert
03/14/11

STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE PLAN TO FULLY RESTORE $25 MILLION TO TITLE XX FOR SENIOR CENTERS!

Action Alert
03/8/11

A PRESS CONFERENCE AT CITY HALL TO SAVE SENIOR CENTERS

Action Alert
03/7/11

Governor's letter English / Governor's letter Spanish / Governor's letter Chinese

Action Alert - senior center list
03/3/11

DFTA Announces Potential Senior Center Closures

Action Alert
02/23/11

Mayor proposes $38 million in DFTA cuts

Action Alert
02/18/11

UPDATE ON TITLE XX CUT TO SENIOR CENTERS

Action Alert
02/14/11

FULL COURT PRESS TO SAVE SENIOR CENTERS BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH 15TH!

Action Alert
02/03/11

TITLE XX CUT TO SENIOR CENTERS BACK ON THE TABLE - “INTENDED CONSEQUENCES” – WOULD CLOSE UP TO 110 NYC SENIOR CENTERS

News and Media coverage

Senior Centers in New York
04/3/11

The New York Times

Senior Centers Get a Reprieve
03/29/11

by Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Governor Agrees to Restore Title XX funding for Senior Centers
03/28/11

by Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC

City Seniors Centers Avoid Chopping Block in State Budget Deal
03/28/11

by Kathleen Horan, WNYC News Blog

Bloomberg says state budget means more NYC cuts
03/28/11

by Michael Gormley, The Wall Street Journal

Senior Centers saved from closure
03/28/11

by The Queens Courier, The Queens Courier

Alone, Together
03/27/11

by JOHN LELAND, The New York Times

Mapping Senior Centers That May Be Closed: For 15, No Other Centers Within a Mile
03/24/11

by Nashla Rivas Salas, IBO Web Blog

Leaders protest senior cuts at Boro Hall
03/24/11

by Connor Adams Sheets, YourNabe.com

In Forest Hills, pols defend senior centers
03/24/11

by Joe Anuta, Queens Campaigner

Quinn Tells of Need To Save Essential Services
03/22/11

by Harold Egeln, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

NYC Senior Centers At Mercy Of Statewide Budget Crunch
03/21/11

by CBS New York, CBS New York

Young Israel Rallies Against Title XX Cuts
03/18/11

by Matthew Hampton, ForestHillPatch

FUND FIGHT HEATING UP
03/17/11

by Robert Pozarycki, Times Newsweekly

Seniors raise Cain over potential cuts
03/17/11

by Elizabeth Daley, Queens Chronicle

Seniors will be sidelined if Great Kills Friendship Club closes
03/17/11

by Mark D. Stein, Staten Island Advance Article

Retirees protest closure of 105 senior centers in New York City
03/17/11

by Ali Ismail, World Socialist Web Site

Boro Prez Says Cutting Senior Centers Doesn’t Make Sense
03/17/11

by Adam Lombardi, BaysidePatch

Immediate Release
03/16/11

NY State Senate and Assembly work together to restore Title XX Funding

Assembly, Senate Restore Senior Center Funding
03/16/11

by Ed Litvak, The Lo-Down

A Rally and a Spark of Hope For Senior Centers
03/16/11

by C. Zawadi Morris, FortGreene-ClintonHillPatch

States kick grandma to the curb
03/14/11

by Tami Luhby, CNN Money

Legislative leaders in Albany hopeful for on-time budget
03/14/11

by Erik Ortiz, AM New York

Seniors Rally Against State Budget Cuts & Closure of 105 Centers
03/14/11

by NYNP, New York Nonprofit Press

City Council Members Blast Proposed Senior Center Closures
03/11/11

by NY1 News, NY1 News

Seniors rally at City Hall against Cuomo budget cuts
03/11/11

by News12, News12

Advocates Vow To "Fight Like Hell" To Save Senior Centers
03/11/11

by NY1 News, NY1

Emergency summit to save senior centers
03/10/11

Forest Hills / Rego Park Times

NYC neighborhoods among hungriest in the nation; South Bronx tops list
03/10/11

by Ramiro Funez AND Nicholas Hirshon, DAILY NEWS

Your Soap Box: Mary Setzer, West Brighton
03/10/11

by Virginia N. Sherry, Staten Island Advance

Seniors could lose homes away from home
03/10/11

by Adam Wisnieski, The Riverdale Press

Chin, Squadron and Silver vow to save senior center services
03/9/11

by John Bayles, Downtown Express

Budget Ax May Close Lenox Hill Senior Center
03/9/11

by Megan Finnegan, Our Town

Petition Drive Held To Save Queens Senior Centers
03/9/11

by CeFaan Kim, NY1 (video format)

Photo slideshow: Staten Island seniors protest proposed closing of centers
03/9/11

by Judy L. Randall, silive

Senior centers must fight for survival
03/8/11

by Daniel Bush Queens Ledger, Greenpoint Star

Targeted senior centers react to closings
03/8/11

by GAUDYS SANCLEMENTE, Queens Newspaper

Queens senior center at risk: state budget cuts could close lifeline
03/8/11

by Lisa L. Colangelo, Daily News

Wyckoff Senior Center Under Threat
03/8/11

by Jillian Weinberger, CarrollGardensPatch

Local Pols Plead for Senior Center Funds
03/7/11

by Claude Scales, Brooklyn Heights Blog

NYC Senior Centers Face Massive Budget Cuts
03/7/11

by Rebecca Baird-Remba, Allmediany

Greenfield Travels To Albany With NYC Commission?er For The Aging To Fight Senior Center Closings
03/7/11

by YWN Desk – NYC, The Yeshiva World News

Community Leaders Join Forces To Fight Proposed Senior Center Closures
03/4/11

CBS New York

Meeting Hears Outrage Over Senior Center Shutdowns
03/4/11

by Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Daily Eagley

City unveils senior-center hit list - budget cuts force 105 centers to close at month's end
03/4/11

by Kathleen Lucadamo, NY1 News

Senior Centers May Face Ax
03/4/11

by MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL, Wall Street Journal

Budget cuts would close 22 senior centers
03/3/11

by GAUDYS SANCLEMENTE, Queens Newspaper

State Cuts May Close About A Third Of City's Senior Centers
03/3/11

by NY1 News, NY1

Stavisky, Meng fight for boro senior centers
02/24/11

by Connor Adams, Queens Campaigner

One in Three Senior Centers in Danger Of Closure Under Governor's Proposed Budget
02/23/11

by Paul Leonard and Nathan Duke, LittleNeckPatch

TAKING AIM: Bloomberg targets teachers, firehouses and seniors
02/22/11

by BOB DODA, Queens newspaper New York

Shock…but No Awe: Reaction to Mayor’s Preliminary Budget
02/18/11

by NYNP, New York Nonprofit Press

The Wall Street Journal Article
02/18/11

by MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL, Wall Street Journal

City Lawmakers Make Case For Senior Center Funds (video format)
02/16/11

by Erin Billups, NY1 News

Controller John Liu urged to shine spotlight on Bronx concerns
02/16/11

by Daniel Beekman, DAILY NEWS

Local Assemblywoman Fights To Save Senior Centers (video format)
02/14/11

by Aaron Dickens, NY1 News

Push to save friendship clubs
02/12/11

by Judy L. Randall, Staten Island Advance

Lawmakers, Advocates Vow To Save Senior Centers
02/10/11

by Harold Egeln, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Senior centers fear loss of city funds
02/10/11

by Ivan Pereira, Your Neighborhoo, Your News!

UJA-Fed. Braces As Proposed State Cuts Hit Three-Year High
02/08/11

by Adam Dickter, The Jewish Week

Mayor Warns of Major Cuts to Senior Centers
02/08/11

by MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL, The Wall Street Journal

Meet with your Representative

Meet with your assembly member and senator or their chief of staff ASAP – It is best if they come to the senior center. If not, meet with them in their office. From Feb. 16-25 they are home so try to get a meeting then. In March, they are home only on Fridays. The message is: the Assembly and Senate must reject Governor Cuomo’s proposal in the budget bill to cut Title XX senior center funds.”

Ask your representative to Sign on to Assemblymember Dinowitz's Letter

Get your Assembly member to sign on to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz’s, Aging Committee Chair, letter opposing Title XX cut.
Click here to see the letter. Each NYC Assembly member has received this letter. Assemblyman Dinowitz got all but two Assembly members to sign on last year and it made an important difference in preventing the Title XX cut.

Make Calls

Call your state assembly member and senator as soon as possible in their local office:

“I GO TO THE __________ SENIOR CENTER. (OR IF YOU DON’T GO TO A CENTER – “I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SENIOR CENTERS.”) PLEASE STOP THE TITLE XX CUT THAT WOULD CLOSE 110 SENIOR CENTERS IN NEW YORK CITY. I DON’T WANT MY SENIOR CENTER OR ANY OTHER SENIOR CENTER TO CLOSE. MY SENIOR CENTER KEEPS ME ACTIVE AND HEALTHY. THANK YOU.”

Write Letters

Letter writing campaign – go to www.cscs-ny.org to see letters to your local state representatives, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. We are the network that produced 20,000 letters to stop the senior center RFP and 17,000 letters to stop the case management cut. We need 20,000 letters or more to stop the Title XX senior center cut. One Brooklyn senior center pledged to send 600 letters. How many will you do? Click here to see the model letters. If you don’t live in NY, send letters only to Silver and Skelos.

• Bring the letters when you meet with your state representatives either in their office or at your senior center
or
• Mail the letters to their local district office
• Mail letters to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos

Model Letters acrobat format
Senator || Assembly Member || General Public || Speaker Silver || Majority Leader Skelos

Don't have a stamp - Send an Email

Email your opposition to the cuts – Go to www.cscs-ny.org action alert, click into “general public” letter, and use this language in your email. If you don’t live in NY, send emails to Silver and Skelos only. Like CSCS on Facebook.

Contact Local Media

Local media – Go to your local press, radio stations, or other media to get the word out about this devastating cut to senior centers. Bobbie Sackman can give an overview to the press so ask them to contact her – 212-398-6565 x226 or bsackman@cscs-ny.org

Share this Alert

Pass this alert along – Many people care about senior centers in your community. Please disseminate this alert as widely as possible to family members, friends, neighbors, local organizations, businesses, City Councilmembers, Congressmembers, and others. Raising awareness and getting more calls and letters done is critical to preventing this devastating cut! Top of this page for “general public” letter.