Age-Friendly NYC

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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 

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

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

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

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

Supporting, Nurturing Bed-Stuy's Seniors
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

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