Adi Talwar
After serving as director of community outreach and the liaison to older adults in New York State Senator Liz Krueger’s office, Alice Fisher founded The Radical Age Movement, based in New York City, to tackle the issue of ageism.
Age discrimination complaints are hard to litigate. So older workers in New York City and elsewhere are turning from the court of law to that of public opinion to press their case for respect.
Nine additional judgeships were added to the New York City Family Court system in 2015, the first increase since 1990—a period over which caseloads swelled by 23 percent.
On Monday, October 17, the Justice for All Coalition (a coalition of concerned stakeholders in Long Island City) hosted a grassroots forum to explore the potential rezoning and issues like affordable housing, union jobs, the proposed BQX light rail, and displacement. Our coverage produced these two videos.
The walls of city buildings often become memorials to children claimed by disease, to adults taken by violence or to the victims of war or terrorist attacks. It’s a way for memories to live on, until the mural itself becomes a thing of the past.
People who get art therapy through treatment programs or hospitals often lose access to it once they leave and need outpatient help.