Judy Zangwill, executive director for Sunnyside Community Services, and Shyvonne Noboa, division director for senior services at Sunnyside Community Services, spoke with City Limits reporter Roshan Abraham about the cut in the city's budget for previously promised money for senior services. With...
The Queens County Politics website explores how senior service providers like Sunnyside Community Services face government budget cuts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The author of this piece spoke to a number of people at Sunnyside Community Services, including Executive Director Judith Zangwill,...
We as a nation, community, organization, and individuals are deeply hurting and, once again, deeply enraged. Emotions are raw right now, and most of us are in pain. For some, that pain is very personal and frighteningly real. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Abrey are brutal...
The New York Times gives insight into the lives of home health aids in New York City, many of whom live in poverty or near it. When New York City public schools closed, Cindy Urena, a home health aide for Sunnyside Community Services, had to choose between seeing a client with severe epilepsy or...
The New York Times examines how steps to prevent the spread of Covid-19 increase teh risks of social isolation, particularly in seniors. Normally, programs for seniors aim to increase human contact, but during the pandemic, on-site programs have had to be cancelled. The Times spoke with our...
