On September 10, we were honored to welcome New York City Mayor Eric Adams to our Coney Island Seaside Older Adult Center. His visit was a celebration of community, connection, and the incredible spirit of our older adults.

Mayor Adams toured the Coney Island Seaside Center and met with our dedicated JCCGCI staff and leadership, including Grace Brandi, our Supervising Older Adult Center Director who oversees all of JCCGCI’s Older Adult Centers. He spent time greeting our fiscal, HR, social work, and program teams, and most importantly, he connected directly with the older adults we proudly serve every day.

During his visit, Mayor Adams joined in a lively game of ping pong and observed older adults enjoying other favorite activities—including pool, dance, arts, and mahjong—showcasing the vibrant and engaging environment that makes the Coney Island Seaside Older Adult Center so special. He also took time to tour the space and learn about the wide variety of programs offered to older adults in Coney Island and beyond.

We were especially grateful that during this busy election season, Mayor Adams also stopped by our Rosh Hashana Food Distribution. There, he spoke with older adults and Holocaust survivors who were in line to receive holiday food packages, witnessing firsthand how JCCGCI is working to ensure no one in our community feels forgotten during the holidays.

We are thankful for Mayor Adams’ visit, which highlighted not only the vitality of our Older Adult Centers but also the essential services and compassionate community that define JCCGCI.

👉 To read more about our Rosh Hashana Food Distribution, click here 

Moments like these reaffirm our mission: to create community, provide support, and uplift lives—one program, one meal, and one connection at a time.

ABOUT JCCGCI

Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI) is a community-based organization with a citywide scope, providing a wide-spectrum of senior citizen, career, educational, crime-reduction, mental health, community revitalization and related services benefiting all segments of the population. JCCGCI is also a technical assistance provider, offering capacity building services to nonprofits in all five boroughs through its NonProfit HelpDesk division (www.nphd.org). With 40 program sites throughout New York City staffed by almost 400 social service professionals, JCCGCI assists an average of upwards of 2,500 needy individuals and families each day.

JCCGCI’s Holocaust Survivor Support Services is one of the largest in the world, providing critical assistance to over 4,000 Holocaust Survivors annually. Services include Homecare, Transportation, Case Management, Friendly Visiting, Medicaid Appeals, Socialization, and Home Delivered Meals.