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“Funding for Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC), the Medicaid program that allows low-income seniors and people living with disabilities to receive care at home, is rewarding plans serving the healthiest populations…

ByCordell Cleare 0Comments

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Mar 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Helping Formerly Unhoused Older New Yorkers Age With Dignity

“Supportive housing has given me so much. I take comfort in knowing that if I have a problem, there’s someone I can go to right away. Every senior deserves the…

ByDoreen Burton 0Comments

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness

Hochul Wants to Expand Rent Freezes for Senior & Disabled New Yorkers. Can the State Get Them to Sign Up?

Gov. Hochul has proposed expanding an initiative that freezes rent for senior and disabled tenants in exchange for property tax relief. But the program has a low uptake rate, and…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Jan 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Mamdani’s Affordability Agenda Can Serve Older Adults, Too

“Nearly 1.5 million older adults call New York City home. Among those over age 70, nearly three in five reported no stable source of retirement income, and a similar share of older tenants…

ByStuart C. Kaplan 1Comment

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Dec 2025

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: As MTA Moves From MetroCard to OMNY, Accessibility Must Come First

“With MetroCards no longer being sold after Dec. 31st, 2025, thousands of older New Yorkers must now navigate a system they did not choose and have not been guided through.”

ByAlice Mo

ByWai Yee Chan 3Comments

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Nov 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Aging in Place Shouldn’t Cost Everything You’ve Worked For

“Thousands of middle-income older adults are caught in between—too poor to pay privately [for home care], too ‘wealthy’ to qualify for help. Now, New York has a chance to fix…

ByMatthew Welch 1Comment

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Oct 2025

2025 Elections Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: November’s Ballot Proposals Would Unlock Housing for Older New Yorkers

“For older New Yorkers, these changes would be transformative. People are living longer than ever before, but our housing policies have not kept up.”

ByAllison Nickerson 0Comments

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Apr 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Older New Yorkers Built This City—Now They’re Going Hungry

“New York needs a comprehensive, modernized infrastructure to get food to hungry older adults and a system that goes beyond the outdated model of providing just one meal per day,…

ByBeth Shapiro 0Comments

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Feb 2025

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The Country is Still Anxious About Affordability. For Older Adults, This is Nothing New.

“The city can minimize emergency housing and long-term care costs by investing in organizations that help older adults access the benefits they’re entitled to.”

ByJeremy Kaplan 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government

For Many Older New Yorkers, Home-Delivered Meals Offer More Than Food

Fixed incomes and unsustainable cost-of-living increases have pushed many older adults further into food insecurity and isolation. In New York City, meal delivery services provide a lifeline.

BySubeksha Poudel 4Comments

Opinion: Aging with Dignity Means Getting Managed Long-Term Care Right