Myrie Hosts Senior Resource Fair

More than 100 people attended a Senior Resource Fair sponsored by State Sen. Zellnor Myrie at the NYCHA Seth Low Senior Center in Brownsville on Tuesday. 

Participants were able to meet with representatives of over 20 city agencies and community-based organizations providing a range of social services.

“Up in Albany, we spend a great deal of time discussing major policy reforms and challenges that face our whole state, but if we can’t help the people in our district with their day-to-day problems, then none of that matters. Today was about serving our community directly with all sorts of issues, whether it’s housing, home care, nutrition, social services or health care, and bringing all of those resources under one roof,” said Myrie, a Democrat whose district includes parts of several neighborhoods in Central and Eastern Brooklyn.

The fair also focused on housing issues. A study by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer found that senior citizens are more likely to pay more than 30 percent of their income on housing than the general population.