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State regulations force workers to accept dire wages, and it’s time for the state to take responsibility for covering these costs and rectifying a system it has neglected for decades.

ByTara Klein 0Comments

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May 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Our Rally for Age Justice Calls All Who Support Equality

‘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.’

ByBobbie Sackman 0Comments

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May 2019

Government

Video: Seniors Rally at City Hall

In this year’s budget process, advocates have elevated two asks: one for $20 million in additional senior-center meals funding, and another for $15 million for delivered meals.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2019

Video

We Asked NYC Seniors: What’s Your Message to the Mayor?

What do New York City’s aging residents think of New York City’s aging services? City Limits asked people at three senior centers.

ByJarrett Murphy

ByMarc Bussanich 0Comments

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May 2019

Government

Can NYC Deliver Age Justice? Read Our Newsletters

City Limits produced simple guides to the budget process for older New Yorkers, in three languages.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Government

Dynamics of Race, Poverty Deepen the Challenges of NYC’s Aging Population

Fewer savings, lower levels of homeownership, higher likelihood of serving as an unpaid caregiver … While all aging New Yorkers face obstacles, Black and Latino seniors often encounter steeper ones.

ByAngely Mercado 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Opinion

Opinion: City’s Commitment to Diverse Seniors is Unprecedented

The commissioner of the city’s Department for the Aging writes: ‘One thing is clear: We share the same unwavering commitment to supporting older New Yorkers as they age in place…

ByLorraine Cortés-Vázquez 1Comment

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Apr 2019

Government

When Homecare Doesn’t Make House Calls: Concerns About Oversight of Services for Seniors

A hearing revealed that Councilmembers struggle with how to oversee a convoluted system where the state has taken on a dominant role.

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

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Mar 2019

Government

Report Sees Economic Hit from Cuts to Medicaid Program for Aides

The more than 600 fiscal intermediaries statewide allows elderly and disabled people to hire and manage personal assistants. Critics say the governor’s executive budget would cut that number by at…

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

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Mar 2019

Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Make NY a #FairCity4AllAges

‘At less than one-half of 1 percent of the city’s overall budget, the Department for the Aging has long struggled to receive the financial support it requires to meet its…

ByMargaret Chin

ByKatelyn Hosey 0Comments

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