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age and race

Bobbie Sackman

A protest at City Hall, June 24.

Bobbie Sackman

Director of Public Policy, LiveOn NY

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
age and race

Opinion: Ageism and Racism are Twin Evils That NYers Must Defeat

By Bobbie Sackman | June 27, 2020

‘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

By Bobbie Sackman | May 15, 2019

‘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

By Bobbie Sackman | March 18, 2019

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

By Alice Fisher and Bobbie Sackman | April 24, 2018

‘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

By Bobbie Sackman | September 14, 2016

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.

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