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ageism

Age Justice

City Council Gearing Up to Combat Age Discrimination

By Jarrett Murphy | November 19, 2020

A suite of new laws will aim to increase awareness, strengthen enforcement and coordinate services for seniors looking to stay in or rejoin the workforce.

Age Justice

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

By Ray Karlin | October 2, 2020

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

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 discrimination

Debate Over How to Root Out Age Discrimination in NYC Workplaces

By Roshan Abraham | October 10, 2019

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.

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.’

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.’

ageism

Older Workers are Organizing to Fight Ageism on the Job

By Nicole Javorsky | April 11, 2018

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.

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