"That's when New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes, whose district includes Sunset Park, along with New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Alexa Avilés, stepped in. The lawmakers secured $1.1 million in discretionary funding - $500,000 from the City Council and $600,000 from the State Assembly - ensuring the reopening of the center after a brief closure."
"Heastie, who attended the celebration, told the crowd he learned about the potential closure through a newspaper article and reached out to Mitaynes to see how he could help. "I said, 'This is not right. What is happening? What can we do to help?'" Heastie recalled. The Assembly speaker said seniors who had served the city deserved to celebrate their "golden" years in "comfort and dignity.""
The United Senior Center in Sunset Park renewed a 10-year lease after facing closure following a landlord's requested cumulative rent increase of more than 86 percent, totaling $121,800 over ten years. The building owner, Amy Grabino, did not make concessions despite negotiations. State and city leaders secured $1.1 million in discretionary funding—$500,000 from the City Council and $600,000 from the State Assembly—to reopen the 10,000-square-foot center after a brief closure. Elected officials framed the funding as public support to preserve seniors' comfort and dignity amid ongoing gentrification pressures in the neighborhood.
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