NYC Budget Deal Secures $1.5M For Holocaust Survivor Initiative

The newly agreed upon $78.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2016 , finalized Monday night between NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark, includes $25,185,585 to expand services to New York City’s aging community. This includes $1.5 million as part of an initiative to assist Holocaust survivors living in poverty.

City Council Members, led by Councilmembers Rafael Espinal (D-Brooklyn) and Mark Levine (D-Manhattan) recently called on the administration to secure in the FY2016 budget the amount of $1.5 million in public investment to help all Holocaust survivors living in poverty, as part of the Survivor initiative.

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