The following letter was addressed to Mayor Michael Bloomberg:
I am a member of the Mosholu Montefiore Senior Center and would like to express my feelings regarding your plan for senior centers.
Closing these centers to handicapped or not handicapped will be a fatal blow. Those who will be deprived of the privilege of this membership will have no place to go. How will the gap be filled?
There seems to be money for everyone else but seniors. They have no bailout. This attempt to save money will end up costing more money for additional nursing homes, hospitals and institutions.
As a member of my senior center, I have learned to respect those of different color and nationalities. This is an important thing to happen and brings friendship and joy to people.
We bailed out the wealthy but do not have enough money for the elderly. Isn’t that a shame? Seniors vote and they will remember those who helped us.
Kate Cohen
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