ACTION ALERT
DECEMBER 23, 2003


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CSCS WINS IMPORTANT CHANGE IN SCRIE BENEFIT PROGRAM FOR SENIORS:

CSCS, a leading advocate in the fight to increase the SCRIE program is pleased to announce that New York recently enacted new legislation to increase the income eligibility levels for the SCRIE (Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption) program from $20,000 to $24,000. This change is retroactive from September 1, 2003. CSCS advocated long and hard for this increase. This is the first time in 9 years this level has been increased and thousands of additional New York City seniors will now be eligible. 

• Are you 62 years old or older? 

• Do you live in a rent controlled or rent stabilized apartment building? 

• Do you pay 1/3 or more of your income in rent?

• Do you have an annual income of $24,000 or less?

If so, you may be eligible for the SCRIE program.

To find out more, call the Department for the Aging at (212) 442-1000.

For more information, please contact:
Bobbie Sackman, (212) 398-6565 ext. 226 or bsackman@cscs-ny.org
or
Raquel Romanick, Esq. (212) 398-6565 ext. 229 or rromanick@cscs-ny.org\

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