CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Ageism and Racism are Twin Evils That NYers Must Defeat
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‘Older adults are at the end of the food chain of a racist world.’
Age Justice
Opinion: Our Rally for Age Justice Calls All Who Support Equality
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‘Today’s marginalized conditions of the old are ignored by economic, political and cultural leaders. For them, ageism, unlike racism or sexism, is powder-puff oppression.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Single-Payer Long-Term Care Would Be Good News for NY’s Women
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Family caregivers (who are mostly women) across New York State provide $31 billion of free care each year.
ageism
CityViews: It’s Time for New Yorkers to Take a Stand for Age Justice
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‘Imagine if everyone, young and old alike, came together to protest the way older adults are treated.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: How Community Preference Supports the Right to Age in Place
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Some argue that setting aside new, affordable apartments for community residents reinforces segregation. But an advocate for the aging says the mechanism also allows New Yorkers to grow old in a place where they’re comfortable.