Age-Friendly New York City

Older adults spend more than $1 trillion annually on goods and services and more than a million of them live in New York. Learn how you can attract their business here.

Whether it's art on a wall in the subway station or a painting hanging in the museum, older adults want to enjoy all that the City has to offer. Learn how Aging Improvement Districts are helping to change the way people age in their communities here.

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METROPOLISMAG.COM features Ruth Finkelstein, NYAM's senior vice president for policy and planning in its Game Changers section. Dr. Finkelstein is cited for her extensive research into aging and New York City and its promise to transform urban living for seniors.

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News

NYAM Senior Pool Party from The New York Academy of Medicine on Vimeo.

Last summer, The New York Academy of Medicine hosted a pool party celebrating the new pool hours for seniors at the Thomas Jefferson Park Pool. The event attracted nearly 100 seniors who were more than grateful for the opportunity to swim without worry. Many of them had not taken a swim in a pool in decades.

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