Election 2020
COVID Saps Efforts to Increase Voter Registration
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Growth in the voter list is running at half the 2016 pace.
Economía
¿Necesitará NYC buzones especiales para sobrevivir las elecciones de 2020?
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Luego de un caótico conteo primario el 23 de junio en el que se invalidaron más de 84,000 boletas por correo, algunos legisladores están presionando por nuevas opciones para los votantes que quieren evitar los lugares de votación.
2020 elections
Does NYC Need Drop-Boxes to Survive Election 2020?
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Following a chaotic June 23 primary count in which more than 84,000 mail-in ballots were invalidated, some lawmakers are pushing for new options for voters who want to avoid polling places.
Age Justice
Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut
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The 2021 left out $15 million in previously promised money, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.
Age Justice
Snags Seen in Pandemic Policies for Senior Centers and Home Meals
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Providers expressed frustration with the Department For The Aging (DFTA) and the mayor’s office, who they say made abrupt changes with little input from the aging services sector.
Age Justice
Crisis Led to Shift in Senior Meals that’s Raising Concerns
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New enrollees in NYC’s home-delivered meals program for seniors are being diverted to the city’s emergency food program—which advocates say doesn’t deliver the same quality or support.
Coronavirus
COVID-19 at the Mitchel Houses: Communication Issues, Cleaning Delays and a Farewell to Mr. Mercado
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Cleaning is now being done in earnest, residents say, but delays in basic maintenance have been the norm for years.
Health and Environment
State Budget Squeezes Long-Term Care Programs
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A series of far-reaching changes to NY state’s long-term care programs will limit enrollment in a program that is meant to give people with disabilities independence and which allows seniors to age at home.
Health and Environment
Senior Centers Scramble to Aid Clients Amid Coronavirus Shutdown
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Senior center directors have been thinking of ways to help seniors cope, to prevent residents from becoming too socially isolated and depressed.
Age Justice
High Risk Seen in City’s Proposed System for Feeding Seniors
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Department for the Aging is being criticized by providers and some advocates for adding an array of new requirements to its program without additional funding.