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NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 26 — City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) President Jo Ivey Boufford,MD, Council Members and advocates will announce at a press conference tomorrow a "Blueprint on Aging" being created by NYAM through the funding and support of the Council.
As the City looks to our future with an eye on our environment, infrastructure, and energy use, we still urgently need a clear plan to prepare for a senior population estimated to grow by 40 percent by 2030. Upon its completion next spring, the Blueprint will be a comprehensive set of proposals on how New York City can become an even more age-friendly city, in a range of areas such as health care, transportation, housing and workforce development.
WHAT: Press Conference
WHERE: Red Room, City Hall
WHEN: Tuesday, November 27, 2007
WHO: Speaker Christine C. Quinn; Academy President Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford; Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Aging Committee Chair; James Vacca, Senior Centers Sub Committee Chair: Deputy Commissioner Caryn Resnick, Department for the Aging; Associate Commissioner Andrew Goodman, city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City; Louise Seeley, Executive Director, Citywide Taskforce on Housing Court; Jerilyn Perine, Citizens Housing and Planning Council; Council Members; and advocates.
To dowload the full Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide please click here
To visit the Age Friendly New York website please click here
Posted on November 26, 2007
Contact:
Andrew J. Martin
Director of Communications
The New York Academy of Medicine
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New York, New York 10029
212-822-7285
amartin@nyam.org
Reporters: to arrange interviews with NYAM medical and urban health experts, contact
Andrew J. Martin, Director of Communications
212-822-7285 / amartin@nyam.org
The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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