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.
Age Justice
Many NYC Seniors Still Face the Threat of Evictions
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The city uses a patchwork of social services and subsidies to keep elders aging in place, but they can be difficult to qualify for and their funds are limited.
Age Justice
Confusion and Tension Over Budget Gap and Cuomo’s Proposed Medicaid Changes
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It is unclear who is on the governor’s task force to redesign Medicaid (again), or exactly what is driving the cost spike that created a multibillion-dollar budget gap.
Age Justice
City and State Budgets Pose Challenges for Aging New Yorkers
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Responding to a budget gap driven largely by Medicaid costs, the governor and mayor are both proposing spending plans that ask more of or do less for seniors.
The Ride
Skepticism on Proposed Changes to MTA Ride Service for the Disabled
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Disabled riders urged officials not to ration service for a pilot program that allows them to hail yellow and green taxis immediately via an app.
Age Justice
De Blasio Admin’s Senior Housing Production Scrutinized
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Over six years in office, the mayor has created 3,800 senior housing units and financed another 4,700 en route to a goal of 15,000 apartments that advocates say falls short of need.
Age Justice
Health-Aide Shortage Stirs Worry as Medicaid Budget Gap Looms
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Because of low wages and competition from other sectors, 17 percent of home health aide jobs across the state are unfilled.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Climate Control is a Year-Round Issue at NYCHA, Especially for Seniors
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The authority is racing to fix boilers ahead of winter’s chill. But the danger of extreme summer heat is still on the minds of NYCHA senior-center workers and members.
age discrimination
Debate Over How to Root Out Age Discrimination in NYC Workplaces
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A package of Council bills would mandate more workplace testing, but an administration official says that’s not the best way to detect a subtle form of bias that often intersects with other types of discrimination.