Some older Bronx residents have a lot to lose if an April 1 state budget goes through with $27 million in cuts to elder services. Sen. Ruben Diaz is expected to hold a rally today at 11 a.m. on the steps of Bronx Borough Hall to protest the proposed closures. The Wall Street Journal calls Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal “the steepest cut to the facilities in New York City history”. Citywide, 105 of 256 senior centers could have their funding cut this year. Reports suggest centers could start closing by July.
NY1.com lists the Bronx senior centers in danger of closing:
Arturo Schomberg Senior Center
CCBA Betances Senior Center
City Island Senior Center
East Concourse Senior Center
Einstein Senior Center
JASA Throgs Neck Senior Center
Kips Bay Castle Hill Senior Center
Mechler Hall Senior Center
Marble Hill Senior Center
Millbrook
Mitchell Houses
Parkside Senior Center
Pio Mendez
PSS-Davidson Senior Center
Rain Boston Secor Senior Center
Rain College Avenue Senior Center
Rain East Tremont Senior Center
Rain Gunhill Senior Center
Rain Nereid
Sister Annunciata Bethel Senior Center
Thomas L. Guess Commun