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Keys to the City. Manhattan Resourses. Your Guide to Services in NYC

July 2018 – Keys to the City is a newsletter featuring information about city services that are available to TLC drivers and their families. This edition highlights the opportunities and services available in Manhattan.

In this issue

Financial Empowerment Center - Free and confidential financial counseling.

Free Benefits Counseling – Every Wednesday at Epiphany Library.

Strictly Tango at Washington Square Park – Free dance classes every Tuesday from July 10 – September 11.

Free Carnegie Hall Concerts - Carnegie Hall will offer five free concert summer picnics this summer.

Free and Confidential Counseling - Trouble coping? Don’t struggle alone.

TLC Tip - Use LARS to make TLC related transactions.

Free Benefits Counseling
Do you have questions about the following programs: SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, Phone Discount Programs, Social Security Disability Insurance, Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), and Cash Assistance? Schedule a one hour appointment by phone or in-person.

Wednesdays, July 18 + 25, 2018, 12-3pm

Epiphany Library
228 East 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10010
Tel: (212) 679-2645
Visit for more info: Epiphany Library Free Benefits Counseling

Financial Empowerment Center

Get FREE confidential financial counseling at NYC Financial Empowerment Center. Meet one-on-one with a professional financial counselor to:

Review your credit, loans, bills, and other debits

Understand how to keep your business expenses separate

Improve your credit score

Help you understand your options and support you in reaching your financial goals.

Financial counseling is available in multiple languages and at locations throughout the city. Note: NYC Financial Empowerment Centers cannot offer loans or provide money to refinance. Make an appointment today:

Call 311 and say “Financial Empowerment Center”

Visit nyc.gov/dca

Text *TalkMoney to 42033

FREE Tango classes

FREE Bryant Park Picnics: Carnegie Hall Citywide Concert

Join NYC Parks and the Washington Square Park Conservancy in a series of FREE dance classes. Come with your partner, your friends or come by yourself and find a new dancing partner!

Strictly Tango at Washington Square Park
Every Tuesday from July 10 to September 11
6-8 pm.
Holley Plaza in Washington Square Park
More information: Strictly Tango at Washington Square Park

Carnegie Hall will offer five free concert summer picnics this summer. Over 200 blankets are free to borrow so audience members can spread out and relax while enjoying the performance.

Bryant Park Stage in Bryant Park Manhattan

For a complete schedule and more information visit Bryant Park Picnics: Carnegie Hall Citywide Concert

Free and Confidential Counseling

Trouble coping? Don’t struggle alone. We’re here to listen and help with problems like stress, depression, anxiety or drug and alcohol misuse. For you or someone you care about. A counselor can provide short-term counseling, access to other mental health services, and appointment scheduling assistance.

For free, confidential mental health and substance use support:

Call 888-NYC-WELL (888-692-9355)

Text WELL to 65173

Chat With a Counselor Now

For more information visit NYC Well.

TLC Online Tip

Use LARS to make TLC related transactions. Through the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission's License Applications, Renewals & Summonses (LARS) system you can: plead guilty and pay summons(es), make a license renewal payment, apply for a new license, pay applicable fees, or update your personal information online.

For more information visit NYC TLC LARS

Let us know what you think! Email comments, questions, suggestions to tlcexternalaffairs@tlc.nyc.gov