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What exactly goes on at a senior center? I thought there were meals, but from the article it seems to be more of a social club for the elderly. Is that right? Card and bingo games to win, trips to plan, concerts to attend, parties to throw, yoga poses to try, movies to enjoy and good friends with whom to sit back and relax. This is all fine and good, but if we have to chose between police, teachers , firemen and bingo, I think the answer is obvious. I thought there was more to a senior center than that. Was I wrong?

I agree, it’s a false choice. And in the face of these kinds of closures, including fire stations and LIC’s lack of medical service, the city should hold on HPS and make sure the neighborhood has all the necessary components before adding another 10,000 people to the mix. If there is money for that, then there is money for our elders, our youth, and everyone in between to get the basic services they need. Senior centers provide one of the few socialization opportunities for elders in our society, and without that, their quality of life is negatively impacted. That senior center at the church is very active, and LIC has a huge older population, many whom have lived here their whole lives. I think LIC also needs a youth center as well. Maybe the city or one of the developers should include a community center in as a give-back. I guarantee it will be used.

The reason priorities are upside down is that despite the projected Bloomberg image i.e. forward thinking efficient manager, etc., he still worships classic Republican trickle down economics.

Hate to leave negative feedback. Was it just a seriously off night or is Testaccio pizza always that bad. I had heard so many raves. So I finally tried two. They both had crust like a thin hard cracker. You could snap it like a cracker and it was pasty flavored to tasteless. The toppings were good but to me meager for a $20 12″ wide “pie”. To me it felt like they don’t look at or care about what they are sending out.