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Special Project

Age Justice

Obstacles and opportunities in a graying city.
Supported by New York Foundation.

The Most Important Story You’re Ignoring: The Aging City …A panel for journalists, researchers and citizens—Tuesday, March 23, 6 p.m. (Register)
Mayoral Forum on Aging in New York City…Sponsored by LiveOn NY and City Limits—April 14, 2021 9:30 a.m. (Register)

Recent Articles

  • serviam gardens
    Older Adults in the U.S. Suffering Greater COVID Hardships Than Other Wealthy Nations, Report Says

    A Commonwealth Fund survey of 18,000 older residents across 10 different countries found that American seniors were more likely to have depleted their savings, lost income and gone without vital medical care during the pandemic.

    By Jeanmarie Evelly
  • More New Yorkers are ‘Aging in Place’—But Growing Older at Home Isn’t Easy
    By Gail Robinson
  • New York Nursing Homes, Once COVID-19 Hot Spots, Now Struggle to Vaccinate Staff
    By Liz Donovan
  • Max & Murphy on the Issues: Aging
    By Jarrett Murphy
  • Aging in the City: What the Mayoral Candidates Say They’ll Do for Older New Yorkers
    By Jeanmarie Evelly
  • A Mayoral Forum for the Ages: NYC’s Candidates on Issues Impacting Seniors
    By Jarrett Murphy
  • COVID-19 Raises Broader Questions About NYC’s Ability to Age
    By Jarrett Murphy

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Recent Articles

  • Eight Months into Pandemic, Senior Center Doors Remain Shut

    The de Blasio administration has no schedule for reopening the centers, and it seems likely the centers will not offer in-person services until 2021.

  • Opinion: Toleration of Age Discrimination Must End. You Can Help End It

    There's a role for government officials, employers and workers in ending a very common form of employment discrimination: ageism.

  • NYC’s Older Adults Find Community in Remote Art Programs

    Amid the fear and isolation of the pandemic, art discussions, history lectures and even new virtual ukulele lessons stimulate memory and keep older adults connected.

  • Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut

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

    'Older adults are at the end of the food chain of a racist world.'

  • senior meals
    Snags Seen in Pandemic Policies for Senior Centers and Home Meals

    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.

  • home delivered meals
    Crisis Led to Shift in Senior Meals that’s Raising Concerns

    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.

  • Michelle and Robert Lind
    He was Waiting for Clemency. Now He’s Fighting Coronavirus.

    Robert Lind, 73, is serving a 50-years-to-life sentence for a shooting in 1983.

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