State Senator Brad Hoylman District 27 Senior reSource Guide New York State Senator Brad Hoylman’s Senior Resource Guide RANKING MINORITY MEMBER DISTRICT OFFICE: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 322 EIGHTH AVENUE, SUITE 1700 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 INVESTIGATIONS & PHONE: (212) 633-8052 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS FAX: (212) 633-8096

COMMITTEES ALBANY OFFICE: AGING ROOM 413 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS ALBANY, NEW YORK 12247 & RECREATION PHONE: (518) 455-2451 FAX (518) 426-6846 HEALTH JUDICIARY SENATOR e-mail: [email protected] LOCAL GOVERNMENT BRAD HOYLMAN 27TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT website: STATE OF NEW YORK hoylman.nysenate.gov

Dear Neighbor:

Our senior citizens made our neighborhoods the wonderful places they are today, so we owe it to them to provide support to help improve their lives. Therefore, I’m proud to present this Senior Resource Guide for residents of the 27th Senate District of New York. This guide will help seniors identify important benefits, services and information available right here in the community so that their physical, social and economic needs are met.

I hope that you’ll find this guide useful when making decisions and planning for the future for you or a loved one. If you have any questions or comments, I encourage you to call me at 212-633-8052.

Sincerely,

Brad Hoylman State Senator 27th Senate District

Office of New York State Senator Brad Hoylman 322 8th Avenue, Suite 1700 New York, NY 10001 Phone: (212) 633-8052 Fax: (212) 633-8096 Email: [email protected] Senior Resource Guide Table of Contents ______

Important Numbers...... p. 1 Government Agencies...... p. 2 Advocacy and Action Groups...... p. 4 Benefits...... p. 8 Caregiver Support...... p. 11 Case Management/Social Services...... p. 13 Community Boards...... p. 15 Companion Services...... p. 16 Consumer Protection...... p. 18 Continuing Education...... p. 19 Employment & Volunteer Opportunities...... p. 22 Hospitals & Healthcare...... p. 24 Housing...... p. 26 Legal Assistance...... p. 29 Long-term Care...... p. 33 Nutrition & Food Assistance...... p. 35 NYPD Police Precincts...... p. 43 Senior Centers...... p. 45 Technology...... p. 50 Transportation...... p. 52 Veterans...... p. 54 Additional Senior Resources...... p. 57 Important Numbers Hunger Hotline: (866) 888-8777 Police, Fire or Ambulance: 9-1-1 Immigration Hotline: Emergency Shelter: 3-1-1 (212) 419-3737, (800) 566-7636

National Crisis Line: Narcotics Anonymous: (800) 999-9999 (212) 929-6262

New York State Division of Poison Control: (800) 222-1222 Human Rights: (718) 741-8400 Rape & Sexual Assault Hotline: Equal Employment Opportuni- (212) 423-2140, (212) 227-3000 ty Commission: (800) 669-4000 Runaway Hotline: (800) 786- (TTY: (800) 669-6820) 2929 ((800) RUN-AWAY)

AIDS Hotline: (800) 541-AIDS, Suicide Hotline: (800) 273-8255 En Español: (800) 233-7432

Alcoholics Anonymous: (212) 647-1680

Battered Women Hotline: (718) 499-2151

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: (800) 232-4636

Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 342-3720

Crime Victim Hotline: (212) 577-7777, (800) 689-4357

Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 621-4673

Gamblers Anonymous Hotline: (855) 222-5542

Homeless Hotline: (800) 994-6494, (212) 533-5151

1 Government Agencies Mayor’s Office for People with Dial 3-1-1 to access any city Disabilities agency. 100 Gold Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 Department (212) 788-2830 for the Aging TTY: (212) 788-2838 2 Lafayette St, 7th Floor www.nyc.gov/mopd New York, NY 10007 (212) 442-1100 NYC Mayor’s Office of TTY: (212) 504-4115 Veterans Affairs (MOVA): 311, Help Line: 1 (800) 342-9871 346 Broadway (between www.nyc.gov/aging Catherine Ln and Leonard St) New York, NY 10013 The Department for the Aging: (212) 442-4172 Alzheimer’s and Caregiver www.nyc.gov/veterans Resource Center 2 Lafayette Street New York State Office for New York, NY 10007 the Aging Dial 311 2 Empire State Plaza www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ Albany, NY 12223-1251 caregiver/alzheimer.shtml (800) 342-9871

aging.ny.gov The Alzheimer’s and Caregiv- er Resource Center of the New New York State Attorney York City Department for the General Aging provides a variety of 120 Broadway services that are free and strict- New York, NY 10271-0332 ly confidential. These include: (212) 416-8300 individual assessment, referrals Hotline: (800) 771-7755 to medical diagnostic centers, www.ag.ny.gov community-based services and support groups, referral to com- The Attorney General assists munity services, education and New Yorkers with a variety of training, entitlement counsel- legal issues, including consumer ing, assistance with the nursing rights, public health and envi- home placement process, and ronment, civil rights, and work- information on housing alterna- er rights. tives such as assisted living.

2 NYS Division of Veterans U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Regional Office Affairs 2 Empire State Plaza, 17th Floor (877) 927-8387 Albany, NY 12223 www.va.gov (888) 838-7697 veterans.ny.gov U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Regional Office: U.S. Social Security 245 West Houston Street Administration New York, NY 10038 (800) 772-1213 (212) 827-1000 TTY: (800) 325-0778 Hours: 8:30am - 4pm www.ssa.gov (Monday - Friday)

SS Card Center: For a list of NYC Veterans centers, 123 William Street, 4th Floor see the section of this guide titled New York, NY 10038 “Veterans” on page 54. (800) 772-1213

Social Security is a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits. Seniors are eligible for retirement benefits if they are at least 61 years and 9 months old and are not currently receiving benefits on their own Social Security.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging Regional Support Center 26 Federal Plaza, Room 38-102 New York, NY 10278 (212) 264-2976 www.aoa.gov

3 Advocacy & Action Greater New York Health Care Groups Facilities Association AARP (American (GNYHCFA) Association of Retired Persons) 519 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor 780 Third Avenue, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10018 New York, NY 10017 Phone: (212) 643-2828 (866) 227-7442 Fax: (212) 643-2956 www.aarp.org/about-aarp www.gnyhcfa.org

The AARP Foundation is a GNYHCFA is a non-profit trade charitable organization that association serving the needs of helps people age 50 and over the long term care community in with issues such as: hunger, the greater New York metropol- income, housing, and isolation. itan area and beyond. GNYHC- They provide both direct assis- FA offers resources centered on tance and work as legal advo- safety, education, legal services, cates for the rights of the elderly. longterm care, medicaid, labor relations and more. See the web- Community Service Society site for a full list of all resources (CSS) offered. 105 East 22nd Street New York, NY 10010 JASA’s Institute for Senior (212) 254-8900 Action (IFSA) www.cssny.org 247 West 37th Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10018 CSS seeks to fight poverty in (212) 273-5272 New York both through advoca- www.jasa.org/advocacy/ifsa cy efforts and by offering pro- grams and services to low-in- IFSA is a 10 week program that come New Yorkers. CSS works offers training in advocacy and on issues including: access to social action. Prominent gov- health care, affordable housing, ernment, nonprofit, and com- disconnected youth, economic munity leaders aid students to security, imprisonment and re- engage in citywide issues, learn entry, and workforce equality. community organization skills, take action in their community, and understand the legislative process in NYC, NY State, and

4 Washington D.C. Upon accep- programs and services through tance, a $100 fee is due for all 10 advocacy, training, innovative sessions. programming and the exchange of ideas. JASA’s Joint Public Affairs Committee (JPAC) Medicare Rights Center 247 West 37th Street, 9th Floor 520 8th Avenue, North Wing, New York, NY 10018 3rd Floor (212) 273-5260 New York, NY 10018 www.jasa.org/advocacy/jpac Hotline: (800) 333-4114 (212) 869-3850 JPAC is an advocacy coalition www.medicarerights.org of adults age 55 and over that promotes leadership and civ- The Medicare Rights Center is ic engagement. JPAC enables a national, nonprofit consumer members to take action and service organization that works advocate on important issues in with people on Medicare to different communities. Annual help them understand their fees are $20 per individual, $35 rights and benefits and ensure per couple. that they have access to quality healthcare. LiveOn NY (Formerly Council of Senior Centers) Metropolitan Council 49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor on Housing New York, NY 10036 339 Lafayette Street #301 (212) 398-6565 New York, NY 10012 www.cscs-ny.org Rights Hotline: (212) 979-0611

LiveOn NY is an organization Available Monday, Wednesday composed of over 100 senior and Friday 1:30pm to 5pm service agencies that serve over metcouncilonhousing.org 300,000 senior citizens through- out New York City. Their goal Metropolitan Council on Hous- is to ensure that the elderly of ing is a membership-based New York City receive quality tenants’ advocacy organization services by helping senior that preserves and expands service organizations build their affordable housing and rent capacity to provide superior regulation.

5 New York Gray Panthers New York StateWide Senior 244 Madison Avenue, Suite 396 Action Council, Inc. New York, NY 10016 275 State Street (917) 535-0457 Albany, NY 12210 www.graypanthersnyc.org (518) 436-1006 Helpline: (800) 333-4374 Gray Panthers is a national www.nysenior.org organization committed to civic participation in achieving social New York StateWide Senior and economic justice and peace. Action Council is a grassroots Gray Panthers work together to membership organization made work to create a humane society, up of individual senior citizens eliminate injustice, discrimina- and senior citizen clubs from all tion and ageism, by advocating parts of New York State. They for a single-payer, universal provide direct services through health care system, protecting their Patient’s Rights Helpline the environment, and promoting and counseling services, as well international human rights. as work on raising community awareness about senior issues New York State Tenants and advocating for seniors’ legal & Neighbors Coalition rights. 236 W 27th St # 400 New York, NY 10001 New York State Coalition for (212) 608-4320 the Aging (NYSCA) www.tenantsandneighbors.org 1450 West Avenue, Suite 101 Albany, NY 12203 New York State Tenants & (518) 765-2790 Neighbors Coalition preserves www.coalitionforaging.org at-risk affordable housing and strengthens tenant rights in gen- NYSCA provides advocacy, trifying neighborhoods through- professional development, out New York. leadership skills and education for individuals and organizations serving older adults. They work to strengthen and expand community-based services and help older adults live independently in their homes with the necessary 6 support services. that will allow older adults in New York City to live longer, Older Women’s League (OWL) healthier lives and stay fully 1627 Eye Street, NW Suite 600 engaged in their communities. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 450-8986 www.owl-national.org

OWL is a national grassroots organization advocating for economic, political, and social equality for midlife and older women. OWL uses education, research, and advocacy to speak out on issues facing women over 40, including: encore en- trepreneurship; cost-effective and comprehensive health care; social security; wellness; retire- ment security; and long-term care.

The New York Academy of Medicine: Healthy Aging Program (NYAM) 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street New York, NY 10029 (212) 822-7200 www.nyam.org/urban-health/ healthy-aging

NYAM works to address a variety of urban health issues through research, policy lead- ership, and community en- gagement. Their Healthy Aging Program seeks to create environ- ments, policies, and programs

7 Benefits description provides citizens Access NYC with the next steps to apply for Call 311 any benefit program of interest. a858-ihss.nyc.gov Disabled Homeowner Access NYC is a free online Exemption (DHE) service that helps you determine Manhattan Business Center your eligibility and apply for 66 John Street, 2nd Floor City, State, and Federal health New York, NY 10038 human service benefit programs. Call 311 It provides information on how www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/ to apply for benefits, where to benefits/landlords-dhe.page go, and what documents are required. DHE provides property tax exemptions to disabled owners BenefitsCheckUp of one, two, and three family www.benefitscheckup.org houses, condominiums, or cooperative apartments. At least This free service from the one homeowner must have a National Council on Aging documented mental or physical (NCOA) asks a series of disability and the combined questions to help identify income of all owners cannot be eligible benefits for adults 55 more than $37,399. and older. The types of expenses you may be eligible to get help Disabled Rent Increase with include: medications, Exemption (DRIE) - NYC food, utilities, legal, health care, Rent Freeze Program housing, in-home services, taxes, Manhattan Business Center transportation, and employment 66 John Street, 2nd Floor training. New York, NY 10038 Call 311 Benefits.gov www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/ www.benefits.gov benefits/tenants-drie.page The online site’s core function DRIE offers tenants who qualify is the eligibility prescreening to have their rent frozen at their questionnaire or “Benefit Find- current level and be exempt er.” The questionnaire includes from future rent increases. criteria for more than 1,000 Fed- erally-funded benefit and assis- tance programs. Each program 8 Tenants must have a total Medicare Rights Center annual income of $50,000 or 520 Eighth Avenue, North Wing less, spend more than 1/3 of 3rd Floor their monthly household income New York, NY 10018 on rent, and receive Federal (212) 869-3850 Supplemental Security Income, National helpline: (800) 333-4114 Federal Social Security Disabili- www.medicare.gov ty Insurance, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs disability pen- Medicare is a national social sion or compensation, or disabil- insurance program that guaran- ity related Medicaid. tees access to health insurance for Americans aged 65 and Elderly Pharmaceutical older. Insurance Coverage (EPIC) 2 Lafayette Street Senior Citizen Homeown- New York, NY 10007 ers Exemption (SCHE) (800) 332-3742 Manhattan Business Center www.health.ny.gov/health_ 66 John Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 care/epic Call 311 EPIC is a New York State assis- home2.nyc.gov/html/dof/ tance program that helps seniors html/property/senior_citizen. pay for their prescription drugs. shtml

The Home Energy SCHE provides a property tax Assistance Program (HEAP) exemption for senior citizens 122 East 124th Street lobby aged 65 or older who own one, New York, NY 10035 two, or three family homes, (800) 692-0557 condominiums, or cooperative Hotline: (800) 342-3009 apartments. otda.ny.gov/programs/heap Senior Citizen Rent Increase HEAP helps low-income home- Exemption (SCRIE) - NYC Rent owners and renters pay bills Freeze Program for heating fuel, equipment and 66 John Street, 3rd Floor repairs. New York, NY 10038 Call 311 www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/ benefits/tenants-scrie.page 9 SCRIE offers eligible individuals homeowners age 65 and over 62-years or older exemptions with qualifying incomes. from some or all increases in rent. You may qualify for SCRIE Veterans’ Tax Exemption if you have a total household Manhattan Business Center income of $50,000 annually, 66 John Street, 2nd Floor pay more than one-third of New York, NY 10038 your household’s total monthly Call 311 income in rent, and live in a www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/ rent-controlled, rent-stabilized, benefits/landlords-veterans. or Mitchell-Lama apartment. page Please note that, unfortunately, Veterans’ Tax Exemption is a NYCHA and Section 8 tenants partial property tax exemption are not eligible for SCRIE. available to property owners SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition who served in the Persian Gulf Assistance Program) Conflict, the Vietnam War, the Waverly Location: 12 West 14th Korean War, World War II, or St, 4th Floor World War I. New York, NY 10011 (212) 352-2519 www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ supplemental-nutrition-assis- tance-program-snap

SNAP provides food support to low-income New Yorkers.

STAR (New York State School Tax Relief Program) 311 or The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance www.tax.ny.gov/pit/property/ star/index.htm

The Enhanced STAR exemp- tion provides savings on school district taxes for New York State 10 Caregiver Support services, naturally occurring re- Home Instead Senior Care tirement communities (NORCs), 400 East 56th Street Professional senior centers and more. Wing, Suite 2 New York, NY 10022 NYC Caregiver (212) 614-8057 2 Lafayette Street www.homeinstead.com/368/ New York, NY 10007 aboutus/Pages/AboutUs.aspx Dial 311 www.nyc.gov/html/caregiver Home Instead Senior Care is a fully licensed, full-service home NYC Caregiver provides care service agency with the resources to find local caregiver New York State Department support services and can help of Health. They provide a answer many questions in variety of services, such as: regard to caring for a physically companionship home helpers, frail or cognitively impaired personal services, respite care, adults age 60 and older or to Alzheimer’s care, and short- grandparents caring for children term recovery. 18 or younger.

Partners in Caring at SAGE Jewish Association Serving the Aging (JASA) 305 Seventh Ave New York, NY 10001 247 West 37th Street (212) 741-2247 New York, NY 10018 Hours: 9am – 5pm (212) 273-5272 (Monday - Friday) www.jasa.org The Partners in Caring JASA is one of New York’s program at SAGE provides largest agencies serving older various services to families and adults. They provide compre- caregivers of the elderly. Some hensive service, including: adult services include: counseling, protective services, benefits and outreach, public information, entitlements assistance, caregiv- support groups, training, er assistance, case management individual respite and many and counseling, elder abuse others. Please contact the office assistance, home care, housing, for a complete list of all services Jewish programming, legal offered and the requirements. assistance, meals, mental health

11 Visions Caregiver Program 500 Greenwich Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 625-1616 Hours: 9am - 5pm (Monday - Friday) www.visionsvcb.org/visions/ programs/caregiver

The Caregiver Program at Visions provides services to caregivers who are assisting older adults 60 years and over who are blind or visually im- paired and grandparents 55 years and older who are the primary caregivers for a child under the age of 18 when either the grandparent or the child is blind or visually impaired.

12 Case Management/ Hartley House Social Services 413 West 46th Street The Actors Senior Care New York, NY 10036 Program (212) 246-9885 729 7th Avenue, 10th floor www.hartleyhouse.org New York, NY 10019 The HOPE program at Hartley (212) 221-7300 House provides clients 62 years www.actorsfund.org/ser- old and older living between vices-and-programs/senior-ser- West 34th St. and West 59th St., vices 12th to 5th Avenues with com- The Senior Care Program helps prehensive case management entertainment industry profes- support including: assistance with benefits, financial manage- sionals 65 years old and older, their families and caregivers ment, referrals for legal assis- with services including as- tance, elder abuse, and mental health and social resources. sessment, advocacy, access to entitlements or other benefits, New York Foundation for financial management and as- Senior Citizens sistance, and referrals to general 11 Park Place, 14th Floor information. New York, NY 10007-2801 DOROT (212) 962-7559 171 West 85th Street www.nyfsc.org New York, NY 10024 NYFSC is dedicated to helping (212) 769-2850 seniors remain safe and as inde- www.dorotusa.org/site/Page- pendent as possible within their Server?pagename=homepage_ own homes and communities DOROT by providing supportive service DOROT is an organization that programs, including: support alleviates social isolation among services, housing alternatives, the elderly and provides ser- home sharing, repair and safety vices such as friendly visiting, services, free transportation, om- door-to-door transportation, budsman program, senior cen- meal delivery, wellness pro- ters, intergenerational activities, grams, and others. and a senior theater enrichment program.

13 SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) 305 Seventh Ave, 15th Floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 741-2247 www.sageusa.org

SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources for LGBT older adults and their caregivers. Services offered in- clude: case management; care- giver support; benefits coun- seling; employment assistance; and arts, fitness and nutritional classes.

Selfhelp Community Services 520 8th Ave New York, NY 10018 (866) 735-1234 www.selfhelp.net

Selfhelp helps seniors age in place with its comprehensive, personalized private care man- agement program. Selfhelp of- fers case management for Adult Protective Services (APS) clients; Alzheimer’s and HIV/AIDS support; and Nazi victim ser- vices. They also have six hous- ing complexes serving low- and moderate-income seniors, six senior centers, and four natural- ly occurring retirement commu- nities (NORCs).

14 Community Boards Manhattan Community Board 5 Manhattan Community Board 2 Neighborhoods: Midtown Neighborhoods: , 450 7th Avenue, Suite 2109 West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower New York, NY 10123 East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy (212) 465-0907 3 Washington Square Village, Email: [email protected] #1A www.cb5.org New York, NY 10012 Manhattan Community Board 6 (212) 979-2272 Neighborhoods: Stuyvesant Town, Email: [email protected] Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Peter Coo- www.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/ per Village, Murray Hill, Gramercy html/home/home.shtml Park, Kips Bay, Sutton Place Manhattan Community Board 3 866 UN Plaza, Suite 308 Neighborhoods: Tompkins Square, New York, NY 10017 East Village, Lower East Side, (212) 319-3750 Chinatown, Two Bridges Email: [email protected] 59 East 4th Street cbsix.org New York, NY 10003 Manhattan Community Board 7 (212) 533-5300 Neighborhoods: Manhattan Valley, Email: [email protected] Upper West Side, Lincoln Square www.nyc.gov/html/mancb3/ html/home/home.shtml 250 West 87th Street New York, NY 10024 Manhattan Community Board 4 (212) 362-4008 Neighborhoods: Clinton, Chelsea Email: [email protected] 330 West 42nd Street, Suite 2618 www.nyc.gov/html/mancb7/ New York, NY 10036 html/home/home.shtml (212) 736-4536 Email: [email protected] www.nyc.gov/html/mancb4/ html/home/home.shtml

15 Companion Services Senior Helpers Henry Street Settlement Senior 353 West 48th St. Companion Program New York, NY 10036 265 Henry Street (646) 214-2086 New York, NY 10002 www.seniorhelpers.com (212) 477-0455 Senior Helpers’ mission is to www.henrystreet.org/pro- ensure a better quality of life for grams/senior-services/se- elderly clients and their families nior-companion-program.html during the aging process by pro- Senior Companions are older viding dependable and afford- adults who help homebound or able in-home, non-medical care. isolated seniors 55 years of age Services offered include: com- and older to live independently. panion care, light housekeeping, Services include: visits, shop- Alzheimer’s and Dementia care. ping assistance, medication Visiting Neighbors reminders, escort services, help 3 Washington Square Village, with connecting to senior ser- Suite 1F vices, and companionship. New York, NY 10012 SAGE Friendly Visitor Program (212) 260-6200 305 Seventh Ave, 15th Floor www.visitingneighbors.org New York, NY 10001 Visiting Neighbors serves se- (646) 576-8669 niors 60 years old and older in www.sageusa.org/nyc/so- , south of 30th cial-visitor.cfm Street, from the East River to the The SAGE Friendly Visitor Hudson. Volunteer visitors help program matches volunteers seniors avoid loneliness and from the community with LGBT isolation. They escort seniors to seniors. Friendly Visitor volun- medical appointments and assist teers visit once a week for one with errands and shopping. to two hours and make calls Additional programs at Visiting between visits. They also attend Neighbors include: health ad- support group meetings every vocacy, socialization opportuni- other month. ties, and case assistance for the “oldest elderly.”

16 Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) (800) 675-0391 www.vnsny.org

VNSNY offers resources to deliver a full range of home and community-based health care services, including: skilled nursing, home health aide and companionship services, social work, physical, speech, and occupational therapy, commu- nity mental health services, advanced illness and end-of-life care.

17 Consumer Protection NY State Attorney General NY State Division of Consumer Consumer Fraud Bureau Protection 800-771-7755 (800) 697-1220 www.ag.ny.gov/bureau/ consumer-frauds-bureau Senior Information Line: (800) 503-9000 NYC Division of Consumer www.dos.ny.gov/consumerpro- Affairs tection 42 Broadway, 9th Floor New York, New York 10004 NY State Division of Consumer Call 311 Protection protects, educates www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/index. and represents consumers and page settles disputes between con- Hours: 9am – 5pm sumers and businesses. They (Monday - Friday) offer services and information related to consumer alerts and The Department of Consum- recalls, identity theft and priva- er Affairs (DCA) is the largest cy, Do Not Call registries, prod- municipal consumer protection uct safety and utilities. The New agency in the country, licensing York State Department of State 80,000 businesses across 55 dif- in partnership with The Harry ferent industries. They inspect & Jeannette Weinberg Center businesses, mediate consumer for Elder Abuse Prevention at complaints, and help New York- the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, ers manage and protect their the State Office for the Aging, money. AARP and the Free Community When filing a complaint, please Papers of New York (FCPNY) verify that DCA is the appropri- host a monthly toll-free “Senior ate agency that addresses your Consumer Information Line” question/issue. For a list of all which allows Seniors statewide the complaints DCA addresses to access free information they please check the referral list on can use to stay safe, maximize the website: www1.nyc.gov/ their independence and improve assets/dca/downloads/pdf/ their everyday lives. consumers/Consumers-Refer- ralList.pdf

18 Continuing Education CUNY Graduate Center College Programs at the City 365 5th Avenue University of New York New York, NY 10016-4309 (CUNY) (212) 817-7000 www.gc.cuny.edu CUNY Senior Colleges (4 year): When space is available, people CUNY Graduate School of over 60 can audit courses tui- Journalism tion-free at any of the four-year 219 West 40th Street CUNY colleges. Students do not New York, NY 10018 take tests or receive academic (646) 758-7700 credit. www.journalism.cuny.edu

CUNY Community Colleges CUNY School of Professional (2 year): Courses are tuition-free Studies at community colleges when 119 West 31st Street space is available. Students may New York, NY 10001 participate fully in classes: do- (212) 652-2869 ing homework, taking tests, and www.sps.cuny.edu receiving grades and academic CUNY School of Public Health credit. 2180 3rd Avenue Baruch College New York, NY 10035 55 Lexington Avenue (212) 396-7729 New York, NY 10010 sph.cuny.edu (646) 312-1000 Hunter College www.baruch.cuny.edu 695 Park Avenue Borough of Manhattan New York, NY 10065 Community College (212) 772-4000 199 Chambers Street www.hunter.cuny.edu New York, NY 10007 John Jay College of Criminal (212) 220-8000 Justice www.bmcc.cuny.edu 524 West 59th Street The City College of New York New York, NY 10019 160 Convent Avenue (212) 237-8000 New York, NY 10031 www.jjay.cuny.edu (212) 650-7000 www.ccny.cuny.edu 19 Stella and Charles Guttman philosophy, the arts, and a guest Community College lecture series. Members range in 50 West 40th Street age from their early 60s to 90+. New York, NY 10018 (646) 313-8000 There are no exams or grades. www.guttman.cuny.edu Courses run for 7 weeks each term and meet mornings or City College of New York afternoon from 10:30am – 12pm Quest: A Community for and 1pm – 2:30pm. Almost Lifelong Learning all courses meet both terms, 25 Broadway, 7th Floor running 14 weeks in all. Many New York, NY 10004 courses continue from one year (212) 925-6625 ext.229 to the next. Classes are sched- questcontinuingednyc.org uled on Mondays through Thursdays; there are no classes Quest is a vibrant education- on Friday. al and social environment serving nearly 200 retired and The Center for Learning and semi-retired men and women Living, Inc. at the CCNY-CWE campus in P.O. Box 125 the Cunard Building, located New York, NY 10044 in the historic Bowling Green (212) 644-3320 and Financial District in Lower www.clandl.org Manhattan. Location of classes:

Quest’s basic concept is that Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of peer learning and teaching. 325 East 33rd Street Members participate fully in New York, NY 10016 study groups through prepa- ration for, and involvement in, The Center for Learning and discussions in a wide variety of Living, Inc. offers a full-program subjects. of wide ranging courses for adults aged 55 and older taught Quest offers a comprehensive by volunteer faculty from prom- curriculum of about 40 peer-led inent institutions such as Co- courses spanning subjects cov- lumbia, Bard, The City Universi- ering literature and history to ty of NY, University of Chicago, science, politics, current affairs, and UCLA and others who are

20 experts in their field. Registra- The New School tion for these 8 week courses can The Institute for Retired be done online. Professionals (IRP) 66 West 12th Street, Room 502 New York University New York, NY 10011 School of Continuing and (212) 229-5682 Professional Studies www.newschool.edu/insti- 7 East 12th Street tute-for-retired-professionals/ New York, NY 10003 IRP members are people who Office of student enrollment have come together to create services: (212) 998-7171 a community in which each person’s learning experience is General information: enriched through exchange with (212) 998-7200 other members of diverse back- www.scps.nyu.edu grounds and interests. The IRP Seniors aged 65 and older may is open to retired and semi-re- enroll in continuing education tired people who want to par- courses for half the regular fee ticipate actively in cooperative (except where otherwise indi- learning and instruction. cated) by requesting the senior Tuition is $980 for the academic citizen discount. The senior year or $638 for a single semes- citizen discount does not apply ter and includes full participa- to conferences and seminars that tion in the IRP program and begin with an R or SCPS desig- many additional benefits. Ad- nation, credit courses that begin missions procedures are blind to with a Y or Z designation, or an applicant’s ability to pay, and computer-lab based instruction. scholarships are available once a Proof of age is required student is accepted. (either by Medicare card, driver’s license, passport, or other identification card) at in-person registration. If you are registering by telephone, fax, or mail, a copy of the proof of age must be sent to the Office of Student Enrollment Services.

21 Employment and Volunteer NYC Department for the Aging: Foster Grandparent Opportunities Volunteer Program 2 Lafayette Street, Second Floor AARP Foundation Senior New York, NY, 10007 Community Service Employ- (212) 442-3117 ment Program (SCSEP) www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ NYC Department for the Aging volunteering/foster.shtml Senior Employment Services Seniors age 60 and older serve 2 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor as mentors, tutors, and caregiv- New York. NY, 10007 ers for children and youth with (212) 442-1369 special needs. Offers a non-tax- www.aging.ny.gov/employ- able stipend. Participants must ment meet low-income eligibility to Community Service Society: qualify. Retired and Senior Volunteer NYC Department for the Ag- Program (RSVP) ing: Senior Employment Ser- 105 East 22nd Street vices (SES) New York, NY 10010 220 Church Street, Room 324 (212) 254-8900 (Entrance at 40 Worth Street) www.cssny.org/programs/ New York, NY 10013 entry/retired-and-senior-volun- (212) 442-1355 teer-program www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/ This program recruits volun- volunteering/job_training_and_ teers aged 55 and above to placement.shtml work on a variety of initiatives, Assists NYC residents age 55 including their Financial Advo- and older seeking work op- cacy Program, Reentry Services portunities. Services include and Youth Mentoring, and Di- computer and customer service saster Preparedness. training and job placement. Par- DFTA Volunteer Resource ticipants must meet low-income Center eligibility and be unemployed (212) 602-4464 and interested in obtaining a Hours: 10am - 6pm part- or full-time job. (Monday - Friday) Email: [email protected] 22 ReServe, Inc. 633 Third Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10017 (212) 727.4335 Email: [email protected]

ReServe is a not-for-profit orga- nization that places retired pro- fessionals and other skilled re- tirees in compensated part-time community service positions where their skills and talents are specifically needed.

NYC Service Main Office: 253 Broadway, 8th Floor New York, NY 10007

Interview: 100 Gold Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 (212) 788.7550 www.nycservice.org

Match your expertise to volun- teer assignments in public and nonprofit agencies.

23 Hospitals & Healthcare New York Eye and Ear Hospitals: Infirmary of Mount Sinai 310 East 14th Street Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY, 10003 462 First Avenue (212) 979-4200 New York, NY 10016 Hours: 9am - 5pm (212) 562-4141 (Monday - Friday)

Lenox Health Greenwich To speak with a representative Village Emergency Department about finding a doctor who will 30 7th Avenue (Entrance on 7th meet your health needs, call the Ave between West 12th and Physician Referral Line at (212) West 13th Streets) 979-4472, Monday through New York, NY, 10011 Friday, from 9am to 5pm ET. (212) 665-6000 www.northshorelij.com NYU Hospital for Joint Hours: 24/7 Diseases 301 East 17th Street LHGV is Manhattan’s first New York, NY 10003 freestanding Emergency Depart- Phone: (212) 598-6000 ment. Patients requiring admit- tal are transferred to hospitals NYU Langone Medical Center: within the metropolitan area. Tisch Hospital 550 First Avenue Mount Sinai Beth Israel New York, NY, 10016 280 First Avenue (212) 263-5800 New York, NY, 10003 www.nyulangone.org (212) 420-4521 St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Mount Sinai Roosevelt 425 W 59th St Hospital New York, NY 10019 1000 10th Ave (212) 492-5500 New York, NY 10019 www.stlukeshospitalnyc.org (212) 523-4000 www.roosevelthospitalnyc.org Hours: 24/7

24 VA NY Harbor Healthcare System: VA Affairs Hospital Manhattan Campus: 423 E 23rd St New York, NY 10010 (212) 686-7500 www.nyharbor.va.gov

Bellevue Hospital Medicaid Office* (various other offices around the city) 462 1st Avenue New York, NY 10016 Medicaid offices are open from: 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. (718) 557-1399 www.medicaid.gov

Medicaid is a social health care program funded by the federal and state government for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults, and people with disabilities. Seniors with disabilities or who are low-income can be dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare.

*Temporarily closed as of 2016 due to Sandy-related damage

25 Housing Fredric Fleming residence is an Encore West Residence assisted living facility that offers 755 10th Ave. (between 51st and residents age 55 and older inde- 52nd St.) pendent living options and daily New York, NY 10019 support services. (212) 991-3727 Harborview Terrace Senior www.encorecommunityservices. Building org/encore-west-residence 525 West 55th Street Encore West Residence provides New York, NY 10019 affordable housing for very (212) 757-1051 low income seniors 62 years www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/ old and over who meet income html/developments/manhar- criteria. The residence offers borview.shtml onsite services and recreational NYCHA public housing built activities. specifically for seniors. To be Evelyn and Louis Green eligible, you and all other house- Residence at Cooper Square hold members must be at least (JASA-Housing Services) 62 years of age and income can- 200 East 5th Street not exceed established income New York, NY 10003 limits. You must apply through (212) 273-5272 the NYCHA application process. www.jasa.org/community/ For more information call 311 housing and ask for NYCHA.

The residence offers group activ- New York Foundation for ities, social services, and special Senior Citizens (NYFSC): safety features including on ● Clinton Gardens duty social workers. 404 West 54th St Fredric Fleming Residence New York, NY 10019 443 West 22nd Street (212) 489-9339 New York, NY 10011 www.hitesite.org/Members/ (212) 242-5277 ResourceDetails.aspx?re- www.wsfssh.org/buildings/ sourceId=16925 frederic-fleming-house Clinton Gardens offers 100 units of subsidized

26 and Enriched Housing ● VillageCare at 46th for low income seniors 62 and Tenth years of age and older. The 510 West 46th St. Enriched Housing Program New York, NY 10036 assists with personal care, (212) 977-4600 housekeeping, shopping, www.46and10village.org meal preparation, medical appointments and other VillageCare at 46th and personal needs. Tenth, an assisted living program, is a market rate ● Home Sharing Program senior living community 11 Park Place, 14th Floor with on-site services and New York, NY 10007-2801 recreational and social (212) 962-7559 activities for seniors who are www.nyfsc.org/services/ 62 years of age or older. home_sharing.html

NY Foundation for Senior ● Rehabilitation and Nursing Citizens’ Home Sharing Center Program matches senior 214 West Houston St. citizens 60+ living in New York, NY 10014 NYC with compatible (212) 337-9400 persons in need of housing. www.villagecare.org/resi- This program promotes dentialcare/vcrnc companionship and relieves The six-story, 105-bed financial hardship. Rehabilitation and Nursing VillageCare Center is the first newly built VillageCare serves people skilled nursing facility in with chronic conditions as Manhattan in more than 50 well as seniors in need of years. The facility features continuing care and rehabil- state-of-the-art medical itation services. They offer care and an environment a variety of community and designed to promote healing residential programs, as well and well-being. as managed care.

27 ● Adult Day Health Care Elliott-Chelsea NORC Program 430 W 26th St 121A West 20th St. New York, NY 10001 New York, NY 10011 (212) 924-2626 (212) 337-5870 www.villagecare.org/com- Lincoln House Outreach NORC munitycare/AADHC/ 303 West 66th Street New York, NY 10023 VillageCare’s AIDS Adult (212) 875-8958 Day Health Care program is Hours: 9am - 4pm a responsive and inclusive (Monday - Thursday); treatment setting providing 9am - 2:30pm (Friday) adult day health care for per- sons living with HIV/AIDS. Lincoln Square NORC They provide meals and 250 West 65th Street MetroCards. Their services New York, NY 10023 are for Medicaid-eligible (212) 874-0860 persons. Applicants for day Hours: 9am - 5pm treatment must be at least (Monday - Friday) 18, live in the metropolitan Penn South Program for area and require HIV/AIDS Seniors medical monitoring. 290 Ninth Avenue NORC (Naturally Occurring New York, NY 10001 Retirement Community): a (212) 243-3670 multi-age housing development Hours: 9am - 5pm or neighborhood that was not (Monday - Friday) originally built for seniors but now is home to a significant number of older persons.

NORCs in the 27th Senate District:

Phipps Plaza NORC 520 Second Avenue, Ground Fl. New York, NY 10016 (212) 683-6583 Hours: 9am - 5pm (Monday - Friday) 28 Legal Assistance community organizations City Bar Justice Center’s located in the Hell’s Kitchen/ Veterans Assistance Project Clinton neighborhoods (34th to 42 West 44th Street 72nd Street, from 8th Avenue to New York, NY 10036 the Hudson River). (212) 382-4722 www2.nycbar.org/citybar- Housing Court Answers justicecenter/projects/eco- 111 Centre Street, 2nd Floor nomic-justice/veterans-assis- Clerk’s Office - Room 225 tance-project New York, NY 10013

(212) 962-4795 The Veterans Assistance Project www.cwtfhc.org helps low-income veterans by Hours: 9am – 4pm providing pro bono assistance (Monday - Friday) with disability benefits claims. Housing Court Answers They offer a veterans intake line, provides Information Tables in which offers information and the city’s Housing Courts and advice and screens cases to be we staff a hotline for callers invited to a monthly legal clinic. with information about housing These clinics are held at least law, rent arrears assistance, and once a month. homeless prevention guidance. Housing Conservation Housing Court Answers Coordinators (HCC) provides telephone assistance 777 10th Ave. from 9am to 5pm, Tuesday New York, NY 10019 through Thursday. The office (212) 541-5996 may be closed between 1-2pm www.hcc-nyc.org on weekdays.

HCC offers a range of civil LawHelp/NY legal services including 42 West 44th Street representation on benefit, New York, NY 10036 consumer, landlord/tenant, www.lawhelpny.org/issues/ immigration and trusts/ seniors estates matters to eligible low- and moderate-income tenants, tenant associations, HDFC shareholders and other

29 Find free legal aid for low in- Manhattan Legal Services come citizens in New York and 40 Worth Street, Suite 606 information about your legal New York, NY 10013 rights, courts and more per- (646) 442-3100 taining to New York State. The www.legalservicesnyc.org website contains a hotline list Manhattan Legal Services guiding you to help for your provides legal assistance specific need. to low-income residents of Manhattan through free legal Legal Aid Society representation, advocacy and 199 Water Street community education. The New York, NY 10038 primary areas they work in are: (212) 577-3300 Family, Housing, Government www.legal-aid.org/en/home. Benefits, HIV/AIDS, Consumer aspx Protection, and Immigration.

Legal Aid Society is a non-profit Manhattan District Attorney’s organization that offers legal Elder Abuse Unit services to low-income New One Hogan Place Yorkers. They work on civil, New York, NY 10013 criminal, and juvenile rights (212) 335-8920 cases. The Society also has an Hotline: (212) 335-9007 “Access to Benefits Helpline” manhattanda.org/resources-vic- which provides direct assistance tims-elder-abuse and referrals to those in need of legal assistance to obtain The Manhattan District benefits or resolve employment Attorney’s Elder Abuse Unit issues. investigates and prosecutes crimes involving victims aged Employment, Health and 60 and over. They provide Government Benefits Helpline: services in investigation and Call (888) 663-6880; Tuesday prosecution, assistance in through Thursday, 9:30am to obtaining an Order of Protection 12:30pm and emergency housing if Immigration Helpline: needed, consultation, social Call (844) 955-3425: Monday and services referrals, and review by Friday, 9:30am to 12:30pm the Narcotics Eviction Program for evictions of drug dealers

30 from a senior’s residential or Kinship Caregiver Law commercial premises. Project helps to provide legal stability through representa- MFY Legal Services tion in custody, guardianship 299 Broadway, 4th Floor and adoption matters, access New York, NY 10007 to public benefits, and in (212) 417-3700 Special Immigrant Juvenile www.mfy.org Status cases.

MFY provides free legal New York Legal Assistance assistance to New Yorkers on a Group (NYLAG) variety of civil legal issues, 7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor including issues related to New York, NY 10004 senior citizens. (212) 613-5000 nylag.org ● Manhattan Seniors Project www.mfy.org/projects/man- NYLAG is a not-for-profit law hattan-seniors-project office providing free civil legal Manhattan Seniors Project services to low income New provides a range of civil Yorkers. Elder Law Specialists legal services to low incomes work with seniors to address seniors including benefits, issues related to entitlements, health care, consumer, and health care, nursing home/ abuse issues, prioritizing hospital rights, guardianship, those at risk of losing their abuse and neglect, consumer housing and independence. matters, and other issues The project in partnership affecting seniors. the DFTA social workers Urban Justice Center defends seniors facing 40 Rector St, 9th Floor imminent eviction and need New York, NY 10006 legal and social work help (646) 602-5600 to resolve their housing www.urbanjustice.org problem. The Urban Justice Center ● Kinship Caregiver Law provides direct legal Project services, advocacy, political www.mfy.org/projects/kin- organization, and community ship-caregiver-law-project

31 education to New York’s low-income Manhattan resi- most vulnerable populations. dents aged 60 and up by con- The center is comprised of 10 ducting 12 monthly legal advice different projects: Community clinics at senior centers (includ- Development, Domestic ing Encore Community Services Violence, Safety Net, Human at 239 W. 49th St); providing legal Rights, Iraqi Refugee Assistance, information and advice to elder Mental Health, Peter Cicchino services case managers, social Youth, Sex Workers, Street workers and advocates; and Vendor, and Veteran Advocacy. coordinating volunteer attor- neys to represent eligible seniors Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts seeking assistance with Life (VLA) Planning Documents. 1 East 53rd St., 6th Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 319-2787, ext. 1 www.vlany.org/

VLA provides pro bono arts- related legal representation to low-income individual artists and nonprofit arts organizations and a broad range of other services for the arts community, including legal counseling, educational programs, advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution.

Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS)-Elderly Project 281 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 (212) 966-4400 www.volsprobono.org

The VOLS Elderly Project provides free legal services to

32 Long-Term Care New York City Human Eldercare Locator Resources Administration (800) 677-1116 www.eldercare.gov www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/ services/long_term_care.shtml The Eldercare Locator is de- signed to help older adults and The NYS Partnership for Long- their families and caregivers Term Care (NYSPLTC) is a find their way through the maze unique Department of Health of services for seniors, including program combining private long-term care, by identifying long-term care insurance and trustworthy local support re- Medicaid Extended Coverage sources. The goal is to provide (MEC). Its purpose is to help users with the information and New Yorkers financially prepare resources that will help older for the possibility of needing persons live independently and nursing home care, home care, safely in their homes and com- or assisted living services some- munities for as long as possible. day. The program works by allowing an individual or couple National Clearinghouse for who purchases a Partnership in- Long-Term Care Information surance policy and allows those Administration of Community who purchase a policy to insure Living their assets (depending on the Washington DC, 20201 type of policy purchased) under (202) 619-0724 the Medicaid program if their www.longtermcare.gov long-term care needs extend beyond the period covered by LongTermCare.gov is a gov- their policy. ernment website run by the U.S. Department of Health and New York State Department of Human Services. The website Health provides information about the services and supports included ● Consumer Guide to in long-term care and payment Long-Term Care methods. www.health.ny.gov/health_ care/medicaid/program/ longterm/

33 The New York State Depart- ment of Health offers an online “Consumer Guide to Community-Based Long- Term Care,” which explains what long-term care services are, who can receive them, how to find these services and methods of payment.

● Guide to Medicaid Man- aged Long-Term Care

www.health.ny.gov/health_ care/medicaid/redesign/ docs/mltc_guide_e.pdf

The Department of Health’s website includes this guide that explains how to choose a long-term care plan.

● Managed Long-Term Care Plan Directory

www.health.ny.gov/health_ care/managed_care/mltc/ mltcplans.htm

The Managed Long Term Care Program provides health and long-term care services to adults with chron- ic illness or disabilities. This link takes you to a directory of long-term care plans in New York State.

34 Nutrition & Food Assistance Eligibility: Homebound seniors Citymeals-on-Wheels living within the boundaries of 355 Lexington Avenue West 59th Street to West 35th New York, NY 10017 Street, from 5th Avenue to the (212) 687-1234 Hudson River, are eligible to receive home-delivered meals, www.citymeals.org after an initial assessment/inter- Citymeals-on-Wheels prepares view is conducted. and delivers meals to home- bound and elderly New York- Weekend Home-delivered ers who are 60 years of age or Meals: Hot meals are delivered older and physically or mentally to homebound seniors, so that incapacitated, unable to prepare they have meals for both Sat- meals, and able to live safely at urday and Sunday. If seniors home if services are provided to prefer, they can substitute a them. package of non-perishable food

items for the Sunday hot meal. Encore Home Delivered Meals 220 West 49th Street Eligibility: Homebound seniors New York, NY 10019 living within the boundaries of (212) 246-0880 West 59th Street to 14th Street, Hours: 9am - 5pm from 5th Avenue to the Hudson (Monday - Friday) River, are eligible for this pro- gram. Registration: 9am - 12pm (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) Food Bank for New York City www.wsiaca.org/resourcedirec- 39 Broadway, 10th Floor tory/?orgID=140 New York, NY 10006 (212) 566-7855 For frail and homebound seniors www.foodbanknyc.org/about- who are unable to attend the food-bank

Center, hot meals are delivered to their door, as part of Encore’s Food Bank For New York City Meals-on-Wheels Program. A procures and distributes food donation of $1.00 per meal is to a network of more than 1,000 suggested. community-based member programs citywide, helping to provide 400,000 free meals a day 35 for New Yorkers in need. Their WhyHunger website includes a food program 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2100 locator that shows food pan- New York, NY 10018 tries, soup kitchens, and senior (212) 629-8850 centers throughout the city that www.whyhunger.org serve meals. WhyHunger is a leader in build- God’s Love We Deliver ing the movement to end hun- (212) 294-8102 ger and poverty by connecting www.glwd.org people to nutritious, affordable food and by supporting grass- The Home Delivered Meal Pro- roots solutions that inspire gram provides home-delivered self-reliance and community meals to clients all over New empowerment. York City. If you are living with a life-altering illness and have Soup Kitchens and Food difficulty shopping or cooking, Pantries call to find out more information about becoming a client. MIDTOWN (serving: 10001, 10010, 10016, 10017, 10018, New York City Coalition 10019, 10022, 10036) Against Hunger 50 Broad Street, Suite 1520 Sacred Heart of Jesus Church New York, NY 10004 457 West 51st Street, 10019 (212) 825-0028 (212) 265-5020 nyccah.org Food Pantry: The 2nd & 4th The New York City Coalition Wednesday from 4:30pm - Against Hunger (NYCCAH) 5:30pm. Registration Fridays represents and is the voice for from 10am – 11am. Photo ID and the more than 1,100 nonprofit proof of address required. soup kitchens and food pantries in New York City and the 1.4 St. Paul’s House million low-income New York- 335 West 51st Street, 10019 ers who live in households that (212) 265-5433 can’t afford enough food. Soup Kitchen: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 7:30am - 8:30am

36 Food Pantry: Tuesdays 10am – Crossroads Food Pantry 11am. Must live between West 329 West 42nd Street, 10036 28th St. - West 60th St. for food pantry, two proofs of address (212) 246-4732 and photo ID required. Business Food Pantry: Every other Sat- clothing available Tuesdays. urday 11:30am – 1pm. Proof of Crossroads Community residence and income required. Services at St. Bartholomew’s Relief Bus Mobile Resource Church Center 108 East 51st Street, 10022 9 Ave. (between 40th Street (212) 378-0231 & 41st Street), 10036 (800) 736-2773 Soup Kitchen: Sundays, Mon- days, Wednesdays 7am - 8:30am; Soup Kitchen: Saturdays 8pm – Monday - Friday 5:30pm - 10pm. 6:30pm. The Dwelling Place of NY, Inc. Food Pantry: Thursday appoint- 409 West 40th Street, 10018 ment necessary, call (212) 378- (212) 564-7887 0234 to get an appointment time. Soup Kitchen: Wednesdays St. Clement’s Episcopal Church 5:30pm - 6:30pm. Only for 423 West 46th Street, 10036 women at least 30 years old. ID (212) 246-7277 required for first visit. Must be sober. Food Pantry: Fridays 4pm – 6am; Saturdays (except for 1st Metro Baptist Church Saturday) 9am – 11am 410 West 40th Street, 10018 (212) 594-4464 St. Luke’s Lutheran Church 308 West 46th Street, 10036 Food Pantry: Saturdays 11am - (212) 246-3540 11:30am (except 5th Saturday). One visit per month. ID and Soup Kitchen: Tuesdays & proof of address for all house- Thursdays 1pm – 2pm hold members required.

37 Sylvia Rivera Food Pantry St. Francis of Assisi 446 West 36th Street, 10018 135 West 31st Street, 10001 (212) 629-7440 (212) 736-8500

Soup Kitchen: Tuesday - Friday Soup Kitchen: Every day 7am - 2pm – 3pm 7:30am. Sandwiches and coffee. Line starts at around 6:30am. Food Pantry: Thursdays 9am – 10am. Bring your own bag for CHELSEA, WEST VILLAGE pantry. (serving: 10011-10014)

Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 296 9th Avenue (corner of 28th 346 West 20th Street, 10011 Street), 10001 (212) 929-2390 (212) 924-0167 Food Pantry: Wednesdays, Soup Kitchen: Monday - Friday Fridays 10am – 12pm, Satur- 10:30am - 12:30pm. Referrals days 11am - 11:30am. Referral available to services such as required. haircuts, clothing pantries, bene- fits, eyeglasses, etc. Soup kitchen Hope for Our Neighbors in (non state) photo IDs created, Need at Church of the Village available during soup kitchen 201 West 13th Street, 10011 hours in counseling office at rear (212) 243-5470 of the dining area. Soup Kitchen: Saturdays St. John’s Bread of Life 12pm – 1:30pm. 210 West 31st Street, 10001 Food Pantry: Tuesdays 1pm - (212) 564-9070 x203 2:30pm. Doors open 30 minutes Food Pantry: Wednesdays before food service begins. 12:30pm - 2:30pm. Must live Salvation Army, New York between 14 St. and 50 St. Proof Temple of residence and ID required. 132 West 14th Street, 10011 (212) 337-7469 Soup Kitchen: Monday - Thursday 12pm – 1pm

38 Food Pantry: Monday - Friday Food Pantry: 3rd Saturday 9:30am – 11am, 1:30pm – 3pm 8:30am. Arrive early and get in Photo ID and proof of address line - often 200+ people in line. in 10002-10007, 10009- 10014, Line up on W. 11th St. starting at 10038, 10041, 10047, 10048 5th Ave. required at first visit for pantry. St. Joseph’s Church Xavier Mission at The Church 371 Sixth Avenue, 10014 of St. Francis Xavier (347) 886-6345 55 West 15th Street, 10011 (212) 627-2100 Soup Kitchen: Saturdays 1:30pm - 3:30pm Soup Kitchen: Sunday 1pm – 3pm. Seniors and disabled Judson Memorial Church individuals line up on West 16th 55 Washington Square South, St. for soup kitchen; all others 10012 on West 15th St. (elevator for (212) 477 0351 those unable to navigate stairs Soup Kitchen: 1st Wednesday on West 15th St). potluck meal. Doors open at Food Pantry: Customer 7pm, food distributed at 7:15pm, choice pantry 2nd Saturday of followed by a performance. each month 10am - 11:30am; Hebrew Union College - emergency pantry: Monday - Jewish Institute of Religion Friday 10am – 6pm. Customer Soup Kitchen choice pantry open only to 1 West 4th Street, 10012 residents of 10001- 10003, 10009- (212) 674-5300 10014, 10016. ID and proof of address required for customer Soup Kitchen: Mondays 5pm choice pantry (not necessary for – 6pm (summer hours: 5pm - emergency pantry). Emergency 5:30pm). Entrance on Mercer pantry only available once every Street. During school year, warm six months. balanced meals, clothing, toilet- ries, and free legal advice from Church of the Ascension NYU law students inside. 12 West 11th Street, 10011 (212) 254-8620 LOWER EAST SIDE, EAST VILLAGE (serving: 10002, 10003, 10009) 39 Father’s Heart Ministries Christ and St. Stephen’s Brown 543 East 11th Street, 10009 Bag Program (212) 375-1765 120 West 69th Street, 10023 (212) 580-8179 Soup Kitchen: Tuesdays 6pm – 7pm (for children, teens & their Soup Kitchen: Monday - Friday families), Saturdays 10am – 9:30am - 10:30am. Brown bag 11am (except 1st Saturday of the meal. Operates on all holidays. month). Blessed Sacrament Church Food Pantry: Tuesdays 6pm - 146 West 70th Street, 10023 6:30pm, Saturdays 10am – 11am (212) 873-9224 (except 1st Saturday of the month). SNAP (food stamps) Soup Kitchen: Sundays from pre-screenings available. Free 2pm until Brown bag lunch is GED and ESL classes Saturdays done. Closed July & August. 10am - 11:30am, Tuesdays 6pm - FARMERS’ MARKETS 7:30pm. New Yorkers can access foods Trinity’s Services and Food for straight from the farm in two the Homeless ways: farmers’ markets and 602 East 9th Street, 10009 community supported agricul- (212) 228-5254 ture programs or CSAs. CSA Soup Kitchen: Mondays - members purchase “shares” in Fridays 11am – 12pm an entire season of high quality, fresh produce grown by local Food Pantry: Monday - farmers. Members usually pay Thursday 12:30pm - 1:30pm. for their shares in advance, but ID for all family members some CSAs adjust payment to required. Pantry is client choice, income, accept food stamp ben- may receive once a month. Last efits, and allow some members number called at 1:30pm. to pay week to week. All farm- ers’ markets listed accept EBT/ WEST OF CENTRAL PARK SNAP (food stamps). (serving; 10023, 10024, 10025) MIDTOWN (serving: 10001, 10010, 10016, 10017, 10018, 10019, 10020, 10028, 10036)

40 57th St. Greenmarket St. Mark’s Church West 57th Street & 9th Avenue, Greenmarket 10019 East 10th Street & 2nd Avenue, 10003 Apr 19 - Dec 20: Saturdays 8am – 5pm; May 7 - Dec 17: Jun 3 - Nov 25: Tuesdays Wednesdays: 8am – 5pm 8am – 6pm

CHELSEA, WEST VILLAGE Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket (serving: 10011-10014) 14th Street Loop & (in the Oval), 10009 Chelsea Farmers’ Market North side of West May 4 - Nov 23 (east of 9th Avenue), 10011 Sun 9:30am - 4pm

Jun 7 - Nov 22: Saturdays Tompkins Square Greenmarket 9am – 5pm East 7th Street & Avenue A, 10009 PS 11 Farm Market West 21st Street (between 8th Sundays 9am - 6pm, year round Avenue & 9th Avenue), 10011 WEST OF CENTRAL PARK Jun 11 - Nov 19: Wednesdays (serving: 10023, 10024, 10025) 8am- 11am; Tucker Square Greenmarket Abingdon Square Greenmarket West 66th Street & Columbus West 12th Street & 8th Avenue, Avenue, 10023 10014 Thursdays-Saturdays Saturdays 8am – 2pm, year 8am - 5pm, year round round. CSA PROGRAMS LOWER EAST SIDE, EAST VILLAGE (serving: 10002, Note that sign up is generally 10003, 10009) March to May, with the first pickup in June or July and the last one in late October or early November. As a rule, late sign up is not permitted. Check justfood.org/casloc for a com- plete list of all CSAs in the city. 41 The West Village CSA Pickup: Neighborhood School, Contact: info@westvillagecsa. 121 East 3rd Street, New York, org, westvillagecsa.org NY 10009

Pickup: The Church of Saint Hell’s Kitchen CSA Francis Xavier, 46 West 16th Contact: katchkiefarm.com/ Street (between 5th and 6th csa, suzannah.schneider@katch- Avenues). kiefarm.com

Washington Square CSA Pickup: Signature Theater Cafe, Contact: www.washington- 480 West 42nd Street, New York, squarecsa.com, info@washing- NY 10036 tonsquarecsa.com Mae Mae CSA Pickup: St. Marks in the Bowery, Contact: katchkiefarm.com/ 131 East 10th Street, New York, csas/mae-mae-cafe-communi- New York 10003 ty-csa, suzannah.schneider@ katchkiefarm.com Merchants’ Gate CSA Contact: www.merchantsgatec- Pickup: Cafe Mae Mae, 68 Van- sa.org, merchantsgatecsa@gmail. dam St., New York, NY 10013 com

Pickup: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 860 11th Avenue (between 58th and 59th Streets), New York, NY 10019.

14th St Y CSA Contact: www.14streety.org/ laba/the-14th-street-y-csa, al- [email protected]

Pickup: 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003

Neighborhood School CSA Contact: neighborhoodschoolc- [email protected]

42 NYPD Police Precincts Community Affairs: 1st Precinct (212) 477-7805 16 Ericsson Place www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ New York, NY 10013-2411 html/precincts/precinct_009. (212) 334-0611 shtml Community Affairs: The Precinct Community Coun- (212) 334-0640 cil meets on the third Tuesday www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ of the month at 7pm at the 9th html/precincts/precinct_001. Precinct located at 321 East 5th shtml Street.

The Precinct Community Coun- 10th Precinct cil meetings are held at 6:30pm 230 West 20th Street on the last Thursday of each New York, NY 10011 month at the First Precinct. (212) 741-8211

6th Precinct Community Affairs: 233 West 10th Street (212) 741-8226 New York, NY 10014 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ (212) 741-4811 html/precincts/precinct_010. Community Affairs: shtml (212) 741-4826 The Precinct Community http://www.nyc.gov/html/ Council meets on the last nypd/html/precincts/pre- Wednesday of the month at 7pm cinct_006.shtml at the 10th Precinct located at 230 West 20th Street. The Precinct Community Coun- cil meetings are held on the last 13th Precinct Wednesday of each month at 25 230 East 21st Street Carmine Street, New York, NY New York, NY 10010 10014, at 7:30pm. (212) 477-7411

9th Precinct Community Affairs: 321 East 5th Street (212) 477-7427 New York, NY 10003 (212) 477-7811 43 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ held the fourth Monday of each html/precincts/precinct_013. month (except July and August) shtml at the 20th Precinct at 7pm.

The Precinct Community Midtown South Precinct Council meets on the third 357 West 35th Street Tuesday of the month at the 13th New York, NY 10001-1701 Precinct at 6:30pm. (212) 239-9811

17th Precinct Community Affairs: 167 East 51st Street (212) 239-9846 New York, NY 10022 (212) 826-3211 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ html/precincts/precinct_014. Community Affairs: shtml (212) 826-3228 The Precinct Community Coun- www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ cil meets on the third Thursday html/precincts/precinct_017. of the month at 7pm at the New shtml Yorker Hotel.

The Precinct Community Midtown North Precinct Council meets on the last Tuesday of every month at 6pm 306 West 54th Street at Sutton Place Synagogue, 225 New York, NY 10019 (212) 767-8400 East 51st Street. Community Affairs: 20th Precinct (212) 767-8447 120 West 82nd Street New York, NY 10024 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ (212) 580-6411 html/precincts/precinct_018. shtml Community Affairs: (212) 580-6428 The Precinct Community Council meets every third www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/ Tuesday of the month at 7pm html/precincts/precinct_020. at the Midtown North Pct. shtml Station House. Meetings are The Precinct Community not held in July/August. Council meetings are usually 44 Senior Centers planning. They also offer a va- The Educational Alliance’s riety of activities, such as Yoga, Sirovich Senior Center T’ai Chi Chih, Salsa movement, 331 East 12th Street painting classes, movies, trips, New York, NY 10003 birthday celebrations, bingo, (212) 228-7836 concerts, and holiday parties. www.edalliance.org/older_ From 9am – 10am, the center adults offers a breakfast cart to seniors for a small fee. The Sirovich Center offers free breakfast (8:30am – 10am), lunch Goddard Riverside Senior (12pm – 1pm), and dinner (5pm Center – 6pm) to people aged 60 and 593 Columbus Avenue above. They also offer a vari- (at 88th Street) ety of other services, including New York, NY 10024 arts and cultural educational (212) 873-6600 programs, health and wellness Director: Marcia Mason workshops, ballroom dancing, www.goddard.org/page/se- line/jazz dance, zumba, com- nior-centers-57.html puter lab, Asian choral group, Goddard Riverside Senior Asian dance group, cooking Center offers a variety of classes, movie matinee, yoga, tai programs and resources for chi, and karaoke. its senior members. Some of Encore Senior Center the services provided include: 239 West 49th Street breakfast and lunch, social New York, NY 10019 events, benefits advocacy, (212) 581-2910 wellness health and nutrition encorecommunityservices.org/ classes, trips, community programs partnerships, arts and music

workshops and much more. The Encore Senior Center is There is also on-site staff there to open from 9am - 4pm, Mon- help with housing issues. day through Friday. They offer lectures and discussion groups Greenwich House Senior on various subjects such as Centers crime prevention, nutrition, www.greenwichhouse.org/se- legal rights, fire safety and estate nior_center/index

45 Greenwich House provides ser- ● Senior Center at Our Lady vices for seniors in and around of Pompeii Church Greenwich Village. Their senior 25 Carmine Street centers offer meals and a variety New York, NY 10014 of activities, including poetry, (212) 989-3620 health lectures, painting, bingo, exercise classes, movies, sing- Lunch: 12:30pm - 1:30pm a-longs, card playing, and day- Hudson Guild Adult Services trips. Staff members also help 119 Ninth Ave. seniors obtain the services, bene- New York, NY 10011 fits, entitlements and referrals (212) 924-6710 that they need. hudsonguild.org

● Senior Center on the Square The Hudson Guild Adult 20 Washington Square North Services provides personal New York, NY 10011 support and social services (212) 777-3555, Ext.106 to participants, ages 55 and Lunch: 12:15pm - 1:15pm older. It includes intensive and (1st Seating) walk-in case management for 1:15pm - 2:15pm both homebound and mobile (2nd Seating) seniors, information and referral services, and access to ● Judith C. White Senior additional services for legal, Center financial, health insurance, 27 Barrow Street, 4th Floor medical and housing needs. New York, NY 10014-3823 Phone: (212) 242-4140, ● Neighborhood Senior Ext. 260 Center (Fulton Senior Fax: (212) 463-0165 Center)

Breakfast: 9am - 10 am 119 9th Avenue Lunch: 12pm - 1pm New York, NY 10011 (212) 924-6710

The senior center offers breakfast from 8:45am - 10am and lunch from 11:45am - 1:30pm, with a suggested donation of $1 and $1.25, 46 respectively, for people aged www.lenoxhill.org/content/ 60 and above and a fee of $2 who-we-help/older-adult-ser- and $2.50, respectively, for vices/senior-centers.html

people aged 59 and under. The center also offers case The center offers lunches, ed- management, lectures, ucational, recreational, health exercise classes, and and wellness activities, tai chi, recreational activities. belly dancing, literature classes, foreign language classes, legal John Paul II Friendship Center services, Second Sundays arts 103 7th Street performance series, discounted New York, NY 10009 theater tickets, and nutrition (212) 673-7704 education. www.polishslaviccenter.org/ en/m.16.Financial_Statements. Lunch tickets are distribut- ed from 10am to 11am. You html?agid=23 must sign up for lunch before Sponsored by the Polish Slav- 11:45am. Lunch is served at ic Center, this senior center is noon. A donation of $1.50 is for people over 60 years of age suggested. and offers a variety of services including: lunch, cultural and Lincoln Square Neighborhood educational activities, music, Center television, board games, bingo, 250 West 65th Street dominoes, choir, birthday and New York, NY 10023 holiday parties, retirement bene- (212) 874-0860 fit information, computer cours- lsncny.org/programs/adults es, English classes, immigration Lincoln Square Neighborhood and legal services, fencing club, Center offers health services, and table tennis club. homebound services, mental Lenox Hill Neighborhood health services, social services, House Senior Center at Saint recreational/educational ser- Peter’s Church vices. 619 Lexington Avenue (212) 308-1959 New York, NY 10022

47 Project FIND bag of canned items is avail- www.projectfind.org able to eligible seniors (must meet criteria) four days a Project FIND was established by week. Dinner is offered ev- the National Council on Aging ery Thursday evening. and works to provide homeless and low- and moderate-income ● Woodstock Senior Center seniors with the services they 127 West 43rd Street need. They operate supportive New York, NY 10036 housing residences and senior (212) 575-0693 centers. Breakfast and lunch are ● Clinton Senior Center offered Tuesday through 530 West 55th Street Sunday to seniors 60 years of New York, NY 10019 age or older. ID to verify age (212) 757-2026 is required. Services Offered: Breakfast (8:30am – 10am), Services Offered: Lunch computer room, Sunday art (Monday through Friday; classes, monthly parties, 12pm – 1pm) and light din- homeless-in-reach program, ner (Wednesdays), garden shower facilities on weekday club, library, large dining mornings, tai chi, exercise room, trips, holiday parties, classes, and board games. computer class, strength training, tai chi, belly danc- SAGE Center Midtown ing, ping pong, zumba, 305 Seventh Avenue, 15th Floor chorus, line dancing, bingo, New York, NY 10001 senior legal clinic, and aro- (212) 741-2247 matherapy. www.sageusa.org

● Coffee House Senior Center SAGE, or Services & Advocacy 311 West 42nd Street for GLBT Elders, is a national or- New York, NY 10036 ganization that offers supportive (646) 545-4621 services and consumer resources for LGBT older adults and their Breakfast and lunch are caregivers. Services offered at provided Monday through their Midtown location include: Friday to seniors 60 years case management; caregiver of age or older. A take-away support; benefits counseling; 48 employment assistance; and to health and wellness arts, fitness and nutritional programs. classes. West Side Inter-Agency Coun- Stein Senior Center cil for the Aging Senior Center 204 East 23rd Street 241 West 72nd Street New York, NY 10010 New York, NY 10023 (646) 395-8083 (212) 799-7205 steinseniorcenter.org/about-us www.wsiaca.org/resourcedirec- tory/?orgID=23 The Stein Senior center offers lunch, early stage Alzheimer’s The center offers lectures, per- support, nutrition talks, crime formances, fine arts instruction, victims services, blood pressure recreational activities, fitness tests, tax preparation, flu shots, activities, performing arts and arthritis exercise, opera appreci- musical workshops, and trips. ation, knitting, birthday parties, They also have a social worker bridge club, meditation, strength on site for referrals and training, play reading, movie, counseling. Shakespeare, Yiddish club, and benefits and entitlements assis- tance.

VISIONS Senior Center 135 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 (646) 486-4444 ext. 16 www.visionsvcb.org/visions/ programs/isc

The center is the first that is de- signed for adults who are blind or severely visually impaired. It is open from 9am to 8pm Mon- day through Thursday and 9am to 6pm Friday. A meal is offered each day from 3:30pm to 5pm. The center also offers services ranging from benefits assistance 49 Technology East 54th Street Recreation Center Various organizations and city 348 East 54th Street institutions offer free or reduced New York, NY 10022 price technology classes year (212) 754-5411 round. Below is a list of course offerings in our district. Hours: 6:30am - 9:30pm (Mon - Fri); 8am- 4pm (Sun) NYC Department of Parks & Recreation: Computer Resource Schedule: www.nycgovparks. Centers org/facilities/recreationcenters/ M130/schedule#CRC The New York City Depart- ment of Parks and Recreation Gertrude Ederle Recreation provides basic instruction for Center seniors and others who have 533 West 59th Street never touched a computer as New York, NY 10023 well as instruction in topics like (212) 397-3159 web browsing, Internet security, resume writing and web de- Hours: 6:30am - 9:30pm sign. All classes are free to Parks (Mon - Fri); 8am - 4pm Department Recreation Center (Sat & Sun) members. Schedule: www.nycgovparks. Locations: org/facilities/recreationcenters/

M063/schedule#CRC Chelsea Recreation Center 430 West 25th Street Tony Dapolito Recreation New York, NY 10001 Center (212) 255-3705 1 Clarkson Street Hours: 6:30am- 10pm New York, NY, 10014 (Mon - Fri); 8am - 4pm (212) 242-5418 (Sat & Sun) Hours: 7am - 9:30pm (Mon - Schedule: www.nycgovparks. Fri); 9am - 4:30pm (Sat & Sun) org/facilities/recreationcenters/ Schedule: www.nycgovparks. M260/schedule#CRC org/facilities/recreationcen- ters/M103/schedule/2015-10- 26#CRC 50 TechOpps New York Public Library *available at all NYC Parks Computer Resource Centers OATS (Older Adults Technology Services) TechOpps is a program offered 168 7th Street, Suite 3A through NYC Parks Computer , NY 11215 Resource Centers, where mem- (718) 360-1707 bers can receive free computer www.oats.org training in Microsoft Office or Adobe Creative Cloud. This OATS, operated by the NYC program is offered at our Com- Parks and Recreation Depart- puter Resource Centers located ment, provides free computer throughout the boroughs. Those training to older adults in com- who apply and are accepted into munities across New York City. the program will be expected OATS Senior Planet to devote 12-15 hours per week Exploration Center for 6-8 weeks, in order to pre- 127 West 25th Street pare for certification as either New York, NY 10001 a Microsoft Office Specialist or (718) 360-1707 and Adobe Certified Associate in (646) 590-0615 Visual Communication using www.oats.org Adobe Creative Cloud. Upon completion of this program, Provides computer and tech- each participant will be able to nology training (classes at both take a certification exam. The the introductory and advanced Adobe Certification Exams are levels) for older adults, and op- free to all members. Microsoft erates an intergenerational pro- Office exams must be purchased gram with high school students in advance of testing. to use technology to promote cross-generational connections. How to apply: You can apply Classes are also offered at differ- online. For more information ent locations throughout New about the program, please call York City. Call for latest (212) 255-3066 or email information. [email protected].

51 Transportation to wait in lines. Apply online or *Many Senior Centers call for an application or addi- provide free or reduced price tional information. transportation programs for New York Foundation for its members. Contact your Senior Citizens (NYFSC): local senior center for more Project C.A.R.T. information (or refer to any of 11 Park Place, 14th Floor the senior centers mentioned in New York, NY 10007 this guide). (212) 962-7559 AAR (Access-A-Ride) www.nyfsc.org/services/freet- NYC Transit Customer Services rans.html 2 Broadway, 11th Floor Project C.A.R.T. provides free New York, NY 10004 transportation van services AAR operates 24 hours a day, for senior citizens, ages 60 and 7 days a week. over, who have difficulty using (877) 337-2017 public transportation. Vans are web.mta.info/nyct/paratran/ wheelchair accessible. C.A.R.T.’s guide.htm

five vans take seniors to and AAR provides transportation from medical appointments for people with disabilities and and hospitals, activities at se- seniors throughout NYC and nior centers and entitlement nearby Nassau and Westchester appointments. The vans operate counties. Monday through Friday from 9am to 3:45pm; the vans are not EasyPay MetroCard available during lunch hours of The Customer Service Center: 12pm to 1pm. 3 Stone Street New York, NY 10004 Reduced-Fare MetroCards for 511 or (212) 638-7622 customers 65+ web.mta.info/metrocard/Ea- The Customer Service Center: syPayXpress.htm 3 Stone Street New York, NY 10004 The EasyPay MetroCard is 511 or (212) 638-7622 linked to your credit or debit web.mta.info/nyct/fare/rfin- card and refills automatically dex.htm as you use it so you don’t have

52 The MTA offers Reduced-Fare MetroCards at a fare of $1.35 for customers aged 65+ and to people with disabilities of any age.

53 Veterans Veterans’ Health Care Benefits *For free assistance in accessing CHAMPVA your veterans’ benefits, contact (800) 733-8387 your state, county or local vet- The Civilian Health and Medical erans’ benefit counselor at (888) Program of the Department of VETS-NYS ((888) 838-7697) or Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) (718) 447-8787, or is a comprehensive health care veterans.ny.gov. program in which the VA shares NYS Division of Veteran the cost of covered health care Affairs - Manhattan Center services and supplies with eligi- 423 East 23rd Street (between 1st ble beneficiaries. Ave. & Asser Levy Place) General Benefits: (877) 222-VETS New York, NY 10010 or (877) 222-8387 (212) 686-7500 veterans.ny.gov USO of Metropolitan New York Manhattan Veterans Center 625 Eighth Avenue (between 32 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Suite West 40th & West 41st Streets) 200 (between Morris St and New York, NY 10018 Exchange Place) (212) 695-6160 New York, NY 10004 www.usonyc.org (212) 742-9591 Hours: 8:30am - 7:30pm daily Hours: 8:30am – 4pm A nonprofit, congressionally (Monday - Friday) chartered, private organization, Harlem Veteran Center the USO relies on the generosity 2279 Third Avenue (between of individuals, organizations East 123rd & 124th Streets) and corporations to support its New York, NY 10035 activities. Millions of times each (212) 426-2200 or (646) 273-8139 year at hundreds of locations around the world, the USO lifts Hours: 8am - 4:30pm the spirits of America’s troops (Monday - Friday) and their families.

54 NYC Veterans Alliance businesses, major corporations PO Box 532 and the general public behind New York, NY 10159 efforts to serve veterans of all eras. The NYC Veterans Alliance is a nonpartisan, grassroots coalition Robin Hood Foundation dedicated to connecting NYC Veterans veterans and organizations, ad- 826 Broadway, 9th Floor vocating for improved policies New York, New York 10003 that affect veterans and their (212) 227-6601 families, informing the NYC www.robinhood.org/veterans veterans community and the public about policies and news The Robin Hood Foundation affecting them, and empowering invests in programs and veterans to speak up and take initiatives that support and action. benefit veterans. RHF provides access to services (education, United War Veterans Council, employment, mental health, Inc. housing, legal services, etc.) for 1 Centre Street, 22nd Floor vets and their families. #2208 New York, NY 10007 SAGEVets (212) 693-1476 305 Seventh Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10001 The mission of the United (212) 741-2247 x255 War Veterans Council is to www.sageusa.org/nyc/sage- mobilize our communities vets/index.cfm to honor, support and serve America’s veterans. We are SAGEVets is a partnership be- dedicated to ensuring that tween SAGE (Services & Advo- the public always embraces cacy for GLBT Elders) and the its commitment to provide Veterans Justice/LGBT Projects all veterans and their families of Legal Services NYC to help with the care, recognition LGBT older adults who are mil- and opportunities they have itary service veterans improve rightfully earned. UWVC their access to VA benefits and hopes to unite veterans groups, their overall health and well- community organizations, city, ness. SAGEVets serves LGBT state and federal agencies, local veterans over the age of 50 who 55 reside in New York State. In (646) 664-8835 addition to general assistance, [email protected]

SAGEVets will provide guidance to veterans impacted by the mil- www2.cuny.edu/about/univer- itary’s policies regarding LGBT sity-resources/veterans-affairs/ people. The CUNY Office of Veterans Yoga for Vets NYC Affairs is dedicated to fostering Integral Yoga Institute (IYI) a sense of community and 227 West 13th Street between 7th to developing a channel and 8th Avenues of communication among New York, NY 10011 veteran and reservist students, (212) 929-0586 and with faculty, staff and email: [email protected] administration. This website yogaforvetsnyc.org is a virtual one-stop source of information regarding services Yoga for Vets NYC was found- for veterans, reservists and their ed in 2008 and is the longest dependents and survivors. It is running yoga and meditation a guide to educational benefits, program for veterans in NYC. entitlements, counseling and Created by a former Marine, the advocacy resources, which will class is taught by veterans, for assist veterans in pursuing their veterans. Their intention is to academic and civilian careers. create a safe and supportive en- vironment in which veterans can practice together. Every veteran is welcome, regardless of phys- ical ability, age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, discharge character- ization or status, era of service, or other life experience.

CUNY Veterans Affairs 555 West 57th Street, 14th Floor, Suite 1401 New York, NY 10019

56 Additional Senior Safe Horizon Resources 2 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor NYC Domestic Violence New York, NY 10007 Hotline (212) 577-7700 New York State Office for the Domestic Violence Hotline: Prevention of Domestic Violence (800) 621-4673 www.safehorizon.org Alfred E. Smith Building Safe Horizon provides support, 80 South Swan Street, #1157 prevents violence and promotes Albany, NY 12210 justice for victims of crime and (800) 621-4673 abuse, their families and www.opdv.state.ny.us/help/ communities. dvhotlines.html Big Apple RX NYC Domestic Violence Hotline (888) 454-5602 or 311 provides up-to-date information www.bigapplerx.com and assistance in over 150 lan- guages. Big Apple RX is a city-wide free prescription discount card Carter Burden Elder Abuse program. It is accepted at many 1484 First Avenue pharmacies around the city, such New York, NY 10021 as Duane Reade, CVS, Rite Aid, (212) 879-7400 Walgreens, Target, Walmart, Hours: 9am – 5pm Costco, and some independent (Monday - Friday) pharmacies.

The Carter Burden Elder Abuse Assurance Wireless Lifeline center specializes in elder abuse Program counseling, education/outreach, P.O. Box 686 legal and financial assistance, Parsippany, NJ 07054 security development, transport (888) 321-5880 and senior center case assis- www.assurancewireless.com tance. /Public/Welcome.aspx Assurance Wireless Lifeline is a benefit program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund.

57 Verizon LifeLine IDNYC PO Box 33075 www. nyc.gov/idnyc St. Petersburg, FL 33733-8075 (800) 837-4966 Call 311 for more information and Enrollment Centers www.verizon.com/support/ consumer/consumer-educa- NYC residents are now tion/lifeline able to sign up for IDNYC Verizon LifeLine is a – a government-issued government assistance program identification card that is that offers telephone discounts available to all City residents to qualified low-income age 14 and older. Immigration customers. Customers may status does not matter. qualify if they participate in Applicants must complete an one of the following programs: application and submit it at the Bureau of Indian Affairs an IDNYC Enrollment Center. General Assistance, Family Applicants are also required to Assistance, Home Energy present proof of identity and Assistance Program, Medicaid, residency in New York City. The National School Lunch Program, IDNYC card is free for all New Safety Net Assistance, Section Yorkers who apply during the 8 – Federal Public Housing first year of the program – until Assistance, SNAP, Supplemental December 31, 2016. Cards are Security Income, Temporary valid for five years from the date Assistance for Needy Families, the application is approved. The Veteran’s Disability Pension, application process is accessible Veteran’s Surviving Spouse to people with limited English Pension; or if their annual proficiency and people with income is at or below 135% of disabilities. the Federal Poverty Guideline.

58 New York State Senator Brad Hoylman District 27

District Offi ce: 322 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1700 New York, NY 10001 (212) 633-8052 Albany Offi ce: Room 413, Legislative Offi ce Building Albany, NY 12247 (518) 455-2451

[email protected] hoylman.nysenate.gov

Contact me with questions, concerns, or suggestions.