Seniors
Posted inHousing
The Housing Authority has ambitious plans to replace a Chelsea complex, but Jin Tao Wu and a handful of other seniors are refusing to move out.
Posted inCity Hall
Elderly New Yorkers Throng City Hall to Protest Proposed Cuts to Senior Centers
Department for the Aging faces $80 million reduction on top of previous slashes to programs that provide free meals and social events.
Posted inQueens, Transit
Tweak in City Contract Leaves Scores of Queens Residents Without Rides to Senior Centers
Transportation providers say the Department for the Aging is no longer allowing them to use public funds for rides to and from the elderly community hubs.
Posted inCity Hall
Green Gambit: Plant-Based Meals Mandated at Senior Centers Once a Week
The city’s new menu requirements went into effect this summer and will affect millions of meals for older New Yorkers.
Posted inElections
How the Mold in a Senior Center Spoiled Primary Votes in Throggs Neck
Some elderly Bronxites at NYCHA’s Throggs Neck Houses chose not to cast ballots as their longtime polling site moved across the neighborhood as a beloved senior center remains closed.
Posted inHealth, Parks, Queens, Summer
Flushing Aquatic Center Pool Finally Reopens After Three Years — But Not for Long
With two other pools due to close, it may soon be the only Parks-operated indoor swimming pool open in Queens.
Posted inCourts
Older Judges Would Get Stronger Job Protections Under Bill on Governor’s Desk
After sweeping layoffs of judges who reached the standard retirement age of 70, state lawmakers step in — despite concerns that problematic people could remain on the bench.
Posted inPolitics
Attendance at Senior Centers Slowly Rebounds as Older New Yorkers Seek Food and Friends
COVID shut down dozens of centers for older New Yorkers, but they are starting to reopen. Providers and patrons testified to the crucial role of these gathering places.
Posted inHow to New York
How to Check in on Neighbors During a Heat Wave — And Possibly Save a Life
Experts say New Yorkers should come with specific, explicit questions and plans on what to do next.
Posted inHealth
Manhattan Nursing Home Staff and Food Cut Back as For-Profit Operator Moves In, Workers Say
A pending sale of VillageCare’s West Houston Street’s facility to Cassena Care has brought a drop in quality and morale at the nonprofit facility, workers and a recent patient contend.

