NYC Aging (DFTA, the New York City Department for the Aging) is the Area Agency on Aging covering all of Richmond County/Staten Island, reachable by dialing 311 within NYC or (212) 244-6469 from outside. The local NY Connects access point is the Community Agency for Senior Citizens (CASC), (718) 489-3954.
What is specific to this county
Unlike some counties elsewhere in New York State that maintain their own standalone Office for the Aging, Staten Island's Area Agency on Aging function is delivered as part of a single citywide agency covering all five boroughs -- there is no Staten Island-specific branch office of DFTA itself.
In practice, that means CASC is the more immediately useful contact for a Staten Island family looking for local, in-person help -- it is a physical office at 120 Stuyvesant Place, Suite 409, staffed specifically to serve Staten Island residents even though the umbrella agency, NYC Aging, is citywide.
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