ALBANY – AARP New York–formerly the American Association for Retired Persons–commended New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie late last week for appointing Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo of Binghamton as the new Chair of the Assembly Committee on Aging.
The committee is tasked with observing and creating opportunities for senior citizens throughout New York State.
“Assemblywoman Lupardo has been supportive of older New Yorkers during her career in the legislature, working with AARP to enact a law that helps prepare family caregivers to care for their loved ones at home after hospital discharge, supporting a bill to give more New Yorkers workplace retirement savings options, backing laws to help grandparents raise their grandchildren, and helping residents of the Southern Tier fight identity theft through document shredding events,” said Beth Finkel, State Director of AARP in New York.
Finkel continued to say that the AARP looks forward to Lupardo's leadership on key issues such as improving support for family caregivers and utility consumers, instituting sound financial saving plans for aging New Yorkers, and creating livable communities that are fit for people of all ages.
In accepting her new role as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Aging, Assemblywoman Lupardo said, "There are over 42,000 older adults over the age of 60 [in New York State] including myself. So I'm pretty sensitive to the issues concerning older adults in our area, not only having looked after my own parents, but being someone in the age bracket as well.”
AARP, Inc. is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, with a membership of nearly 38 million that aims to help people turn their goals and dreams into 'Real Possibilities' by changing the way America defines aging. To learn more about AARP, Inc. visit www.aarp.org or follow @AARP and CEO @JoAnn_Jenkins on Twitter.