“Elected officials are right to value older adults as engaged citizens and active participants in our democracy. But if government recognizes the value of older adults at the ballot box,…
City lawmakers passed a bill that boosts the income eligibility threshold for SCRIE and DRIE, a program that freezes rents for tenants in rent-regulated apartments who are seniors or have…
Residents in a senior-only building in Chelsea allege they are being harassed by the public housing authority and its private management partners. It’s the latest legal challenge in a years-long…
“Effective aging policy must recognize that LGBTQ+ older adults often enter later life with different experiences, support systems, and challenges than many of their peers.”
“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…
“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…
“For smaller, neighborhood-based practices—the backbone of primary care in immigrant communities—this level of disruption is an existential crisis: when community providers are destabilized, patient care suffers.”
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…
At NYCHA’s Surfside Gardens, slow repairs leave seniors and residents with disabilities waiting years as broken elevators, intercoms, playgrounds, and trash compactors disrupt daily life.