Inside NYC Chinatown's adult daycare centers— where taxpayers spend $400M for lunches and ping pong
Nearly 400 Medicaid-funded adult day cares have have popped up in storefronts, apartments, and basements across the five boroughs.
At the Golden Town Adult Social Day Care in Chinatown on a recent Tuesday afternoon, a handful of elderly Chinese immigrants in their winter jackets picked at plates of lo mein and rice.
Lunch is supplied by a local restaurant, where prices for a typical dish range around $7 to $12.
But this is not a soup kitchen or lunch cou…
