More than 150 seniors joined with Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino to voice their concerns to elected officials at Friday's legislative speak-out and breakfast, an annual event held at the County Center in White Plains.

"Events like this keep politicians grounded in what really matters," Astorino said at Friday's breakfast. "It gives us an opportunity to engage in frank, one-on-one conversations with all of you, and then promote your ideas to improve the entire community."

This year's speak-out – "Affording Aging in Place" – focused on keeping seniors in their homes and communities. Issues raised at the event will be published in the "White House Conference on Aging Survey" and distributed to Westchester's elected officials.

Mae Carpenter, Commissioner of the Department of Senior Programs and Services (DSPS), said that an AARP study released Friday indicated that 60 percent of working Baby Boomers could be headed out of New York, carrying with them more than $105 billion every year. However, an AARP study from 2013 indicated that if New York Baby Boomers reverse course and remain in the state they will enrich it by $179 billion a year.

The speak-out was hosted by DSPS Commissioner Carpenter, County Legislator Bernice Spreckman, chair of the Board of Legislators' Committee on Seniors and Constituencies, the Aging Network, the Senior Councils and the Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services.