Whether it takes the form of financial scams, emotional mistreatment or physical harm, advocates for New York’s aged say the extent of elder abuse in the city dwarfs the resources available to combat it.
Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some programs still face elimination.
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