New York City Council Member, 7th District

Representing Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights,
Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley & the Upper West Side

Seniors

Transportation

New York City Department Of Aging Transportation Services

Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/services/transportation.shtml

This NYC Department of Aging site provides multiple sources of aid to seniors the link above provides transportation services.

 

Find a Transportation Service in Your Area

By entering your zip code and borough into the link below transportation services near you can be found.

Website: https://a069-webapps12.nyc.gov/egovt/services/service_query.cfm

 

Reduced Fare Metro Card For Seniors

Website: http://web.mta.info/nyct/fare/pdf/seniors.pdf

This link leads to an application for seniors to receive reduced fair metro cards.

 

In Home Services

Department For the Aging (DAFTA) in Home Services.

New York City Department for the Aging Office of Public Affairs

2 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10007

Phone:311

Website: www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/html/services/meals.shtml

The link above leads to the Department for the Aging in home care services page. From here you can find links to: home delivery services, in-home educational services, library services, and caregiver services.

 

Resources for the Home-bound in the New York City Metropolitan Area

Website: http://machcm.org/Resources%20for%20the%20Homebound%20in%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Metropolitan%20Area%287-10%29.pdf

 

Resources for those with an Illness. 

Mesothelioma Guide: https://www.mesotheliomaguide.com/mesothelioma/

 

Senior Centers

Mannie Wilson Towers
565 Manhattan Avenue
(212) 280-2121

ManhattanVille Senior Center
530 West 133rd Street
212-368-4973

Riverstone Senior Center
99 Fort Washington Avenue
212-927-5600

Washington Heights Senior Center
1970 Amsterdam Avenue
212-928-6607

Hamilton Grange
420 West 145th Street, New York, NY 10031
(212) 862-4181

Jackie Robinson Senior Center
1301 Amsterdam Ave New York, NY 10027
212-666-4910

UBA Manhattanville Center
3333 Broadway New York, NY 10027
212-862-5562

ABSW Senior Citizens' Center
221 West 107th St, New York, NY 10031
212-749-8400

Convent Avenue Baptist Church Senior Center
425 West 144th St, New York, NY 10031
212-243-6767

West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing Senior Center
135 West 106th St
212-749-7015

Jun 17, 2019
Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council members on Friday afternoon announced an agreement on the city's $92.8 billion budget for fiscal 2020, with initiatives to improve health care access at its forefront. The budget includes $26 million to place 200 additional social workers—including 85 working within the city's mental health initiative, ThriveNYC—in public...
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Jun 17, 2019
Under legislation drafted by the City Council, the de Blasio administration would have to report on its efforts to notify school staff and the students who attended dozens of public schools during the 2001-02 school year that were not far from the World Trade Center site about programs available for...
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Jun 06, 2019
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May 21, 2019
By Brian M. Rosenthal The New York attorney general’s office said Monday it had opened an inquiry into more than a decade of lending practices that left thousands of immigrant taxi drivers in crushing debt, while Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered a separate investigation into the brokers who helped arrange...
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May 17, 2019
City Councilmember Mark Levine has announced the 2019 winners of participatory budgeting in his district, which includes parts of the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights and Washington Heights. The projects to receive funding are: $250,000 for air conditioning upgrades and new water fountains at P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon School...
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May 16, 2019
By Sabrina Mallot Last fall, the City Council introduced a package of 18 bills aimed at preventing tenants from being displaced due to aggressive tactics from landlords like exploitative buyout agreements or nuisance construction. On Wednesday, May 8, all but one passed. They still require the mayor’s signature, but he...
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May 16, 2019
By Eddie Small The hallways of Bronx Housing Court are crowded and chaotic on a typical weekday morning. Lawyers and tenants scurry across the white tile floors and lounge on the worn-down benches of the Grand Concourse building, where occasionally the sound of one person shouting out a name will...
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May 07, 2019
By Elizabeth Kim A collaboration between a group of housing rights advocates has produced the most comprehensive database yet to measure evictions across New York City and identify many of the landlords responsible for them. Three advocacy groups — Right to Counsel NYC Coalition, JustFix.nyc, and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project —...
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Mark Levine

Council Member, 7th District

 

Email: district7@council.nyc.gov

District Office: 

500 West 141st Street
New York, NY 10031 

Phone: 212-928-6814

Legislative Office:

250 Broadway, Rm. 1816 
New York, NY 10007 

Phone: 212-788-7007
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