Video, Audio, Photos & Rush Transcript: On Seniors Citizens Day Governor Hochul Signs Legislation Strengthening Support and Resources for New Yorkers With Alzheimer’s and Other[...]

Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation A4195-A/S118-A, which will amend New York's Elder Law to require theNY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program to provide information about programs and services available to New Yorkers with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The Governor was joined by the bill's sponsors State Senator Cordell Cleare and Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman as they celebrated with seniors in Harlem during Senator Cleare's 5th Annual Senior Citizens Day.

VIDEO: The event is available to stream on YouTube here and TV quality video is available here (h.264, mp4).

AUDIO: The Governor's remarks are available in audio form here.

PHOTOS: The Governor's Flickr page will post photos of the event here.

A rush transcript of the Governor's remarks is available below:

Hello, Harlem! Oh, I know I'm in the right place. Any seniors out there? Okay. Okay. Guess what? Hi, darling. I've had my AARP card for a lot longer than you'd think. Gotta love the discounts, right? Gotta love the discount. There we go. There we go.

But I want to thank Senator Cordell Cleare for doing this for five straight years to bring services, and camaraderie, and food, and music, and just letting us have some Harlem-style fun, right? Proud to be joined by our State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli. Let's give him a round of applause. We love Tom. Co-sponsor of the important bill that I'm going to sign in about two minutes, that says that we need to get more information out about Alzheimer's disease. Assembly sponsor with our senator, Alicia Hyndman. Give her a round of applause. Assemblymembers Al Taylor. Gotta love Al. Assemblymember Jordan Wright. Love our Jordan. Council Member Yusef Salaam is here. Let's say hi to Yusef Salaam. And got some other government people who look real important, we'll hear from them in a minute.

But this bill is important because I know how Alzheimer's affects families. For many years, we took care of my grandfather, and then eventually my father, so I want to thank you for your leadership in bringing more information about the services available, but also, our seniors, we've got to stick together. We've got to stick together. And I say this not just as New York State's first mom governor - I'm New York State's first grandma governor.

So we've got to take care of the babies, got to take care of the kids, and we're going to continue to support you every way we can. I'm going to sign that bill right now, but thank you - Hi, darling. Good to see you. I'll come out and shake some hands. Thank you for loving this beauty as much as I do. Love you, too. Alright, thanks everybody.