Mayor Bloomberg Cuts Services for Homebound Elderly in New York

Nearly 17,000 elderly and advocates for the elderly wrote letters to Mayor Michael Bloomberg asking him to restore the $3.3 million funding cut to a program that provides care for the homebound elderly.
Mayor Bloomberg Cuts Services for Homebound Elderly in New York
LONG LINE OF CUTS: Seniors gathered at City Hall on Tuesday to ask the mayor not to cut funding to care for the homebound elderly. The Department for the Aging (DFTA) has seen a total 40 percent budget cut in the last two years. Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times
Tara MacIsaac
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LONG LINE OF CUTS: Seniors gathered at City Hall on Tuesday to ask the mayor not to cut funding to care for the homebound elderly. The Department for the Aging (DFTA) has seen a total 40 percent budget cut in the last two years. (Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times)
Tara MacIsaac
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Tara MacIsaac is a writer based in Canada.
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