News and Events

Why We Need Age-Friendly Communities The Huffington Post, April 2013

Transforming the Challenges of an Aging Workforce into Business Success AGEnda Aging & Work Blog, April 2013

Brewer Reports on the Success of the First West Side's Senior-supported Agriculture Program, February 2013

New York Project will help Older Adults Face Disasters, Wall Street Journal, February 2013

Senior citizens drive infrastructure spending Politico Pro, January 2013

AARP and WHO Promote Age-Friendly Communities American Society On Aging, Winter 2012

Aging in Place There's No Place Like Home Oculus, Winter 2012

Age-friendly College Link database featured on WCBS  WCBS Newsradio 880, November 27, 2012 

Age-friendly NYC College database aids learning  Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2012 

NYAM, NYC Mayor's Office, and NYC Council to Launch First-ever Age-friendly College Database to Encourage Older Adults to Return to School NYAM, November 15, 2012

Stand up and help old folk! M.E.N., November 7, 2012

First-ever Aging Improving District in Bronx  Bronx Times, October 15, 2012

City Creates "Aging Improvement District" in north-east Bronx to help improve daily lives of seniors Daily News, October 9, 2012

Creating Great Places to Grow Older Michigan Planner, September-October, 2012

Senior Swim Hours Expand to 14 City Pools DNAinfo.com New York, July 9, 2012

'Innovative Senior Centers' offer more to the elderly WABC Eyewitness News May 14, 2012

80 is the new 50: City Seniors are not the retiring type: Census data Daily News, April 29, 2012

Bed-Stuy Launches an "Aging Improvement District"   Daily News, April 26, 2012

Super for Seniors New York Post April 4, 2012

Age-friendly New York City: a work in progress IFA eNews, April 2012

Forum puts senior health front and center The Bronx Free Press, February 1, 2012 

Game Changers: Ruth Finkelstein Metropolis Magazine, January 25, 2012

City Opens First Senior Center Geared to Help People with Vision Loss NY1, January 23, 2012

City Opens First Senior Center for the Blind WNYC, January 22, 2012 Bed-StuyPatch, January 2012

Creating an age-friendly environment downtown Downtown Idea Exchange, January 2012

Innovative Senior Centers Coming to NYC Carroll Gardens Patch, October 20, 2011

1,000 New Benches Coming to City Streets DNAinfo.com, October 20, 2011

Viejo Barrio hora HISPANA, September 1, 2011

The 'old neighborhood':East Harlem is city's first 'Aging Improvement District' Daily News, August 22, 2011

A Rocking Chair Called Manhattan The New York Times, August 12, 2011

Old Age and the City British Medical Journal, July 25, 2011

Graying Gotham: Toward a Senior-Friendly City THIRTEEN WNET, July 13, 2011

Cities face a Silver Tsunami: Aging Citizens AP via CBSNews, July 11, 2011

No Kidding Around: East Harlem Pool Offers Free Senior Swim Hours Daily News, July 8, 2011

New York City Responds to an Aging Population The Daily Focus, South Korea, June 27, 2011

New York Remaking Itself as the Big Age-friendly Apple SecondAct, May 30, 2011

Seniors-Friendly Guide to Upper West Side Grocery Stores The New York Times, April 26, 2011

Growing Gracefully Grayer in Gotham WNYC, April 5, 2011

East Harlem Businesses Kick Off 'Age-Friendly NYC' CBS New York, February 18, 2011

Next Chapter Rewind: Reflecting on Service to Older Adults at the New York Public Library Over the Past Year, and Looking Ahead  New York Public Library, December 30, 2010

How Age-friendly Is Your Community U.S. News and World Report, August 20, 2010

A Fast-Paced City Tries to Be a Gentler Place to Grow Old The New York Times, July 19, 2010

City Developing "Aging Improvement Districts," The Gothamist, July 19, 2010

Age-friendly: Sometimes Anyway The New York Times, July 2, 2010