The New York Community Trust

about.

So I then had the opportunity to go to the New York Academy of Medicine, where two actually GIA members, the Altman Foundation and the New York Community Trust, had given a grant to study the impact of Hurricane Sandy on older New Yorkers.

And like every other disaster, Older people were disproportionately injured or killed during that storm.

But one of the most important things that we learned was that age itself wasn't what made someone vulnerable.

So we pa- we partnered with a lot of, uh, organizations, many funders.

The New York Community Trust has been our amazing champion over the last six years.

They have led the charge with us, but also, like, other manufacturers, other-

Yeah

You know, like, OK, and then people start asking questions and digging deeper.

Well, you know, it's not operating under the same kind of structure in the U.S. as like the New York Trust, you know, the structure that's in place.

And so what kind of independent firms doing the audit? Then you've got, you know, the New York Financial Department of Financial Services, whatever it's called.

You know, they're the ones that are constantly given the overlook.

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