By The Star Staff
Care for the elderly, expansion of Urban Train routes in the San Juan metropolitan area and streamlining the processes for renovating abandoned government buildings were some of the proposals presented at a public hearing in San Juan earlier this week with the aim of incorporating them into the New Progressive Party (NPP) Government Action Program.
“Yesterday we heard from several leaders, including the Mayor of Aguas Buenas, Karina Nieves, in an open and transparent process,” said San Juan District 4 Rep. Víctor Parés Otero, who presided over the hearing held by the Luis A. Ferré Public Policy Institute, which sponsors platform hearings throughout the island. “The Mayor of Aguas Buenas addressed the issue of senior citizens and how to expand the services we provide to this population, which is so important for Puerto Rico. According to data from the United States Census Bureau, by 2022 there were more than 770,000 people aged 65 or older on the island. This is an issue that our president has been working closely on and the proposals presented yesterday will be evaluated. Likewise, concepts were presented to deal with unused government buildings, making the process of rehabilitating them more agile and transparent, and to expand Urban Train routes in the metropolitan area, among others.”
The public hearing was held at the campaign committee headquarters of San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero at 317 Juan Ponce de Leon Avenue and was attended by more than 100 NPP members.
Among the lawmakers and others in attendance were District 3 Rep. José “Cheito” Hernández, at-large Rep. Gabriel Rodríguez Aguilo, Sen. Nitza Moran, NPP Secretary General Hiram Torres, House District 2 candidate Ricardo “Chino” Rey, and former NPP President Carlos Pesquera.
A third hearing was scheduled for Wednesday at the campaign committee headquarters of Vega Alta Mayor María Vega. An initial public hearing was held Monday in the Bayamón region.
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