Update: Councilman Dinowitz Calls on City to Reopen Senior Centers
District 11 City Council Member Eric Dinowitz has called on the City’s health commissioner, Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, and on the commissioner for the Department for the Aging, Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez, to immediately move to reopen the city’s senior centers. In his letter, the council member said the centers have long been the only place where many older adults receive food, interact with others, and maintain some level of routine in their lives. “While these centers have remained closed since the onset of the pandemic, we have seen many other facilities across NYC start to open in a safe and