New York City’s oldest softball team, swinging since 1982
It’s been 44 years since Willi Blumer last missed a softball season. He would be damned if this…
Bucket of Ashes: Pioneering Journalist’s Remains Take the Long Way Home from Queens Crematorium
In the 1800s, a journalist using the pen name Lisle Lester left her childhood home in Wisconsin and…
Michael Dell buys luxe senior living giant with ritzy NYC towers for $1 billion
The golden years just landed a billionaire backer. BDT & MSD Partners, the investment firm that grew out…
Legionnaires’ Disease Kills One in The Bronx After Deadly Manhattan Outbreaks
A second deadly cluster of Legionnaires’ disease this year has been identified in the South Bronx, as a review…
Nonprofit senior health insurance company Elderplan/HomeFirst opens Brooklyn community office • Brooklyn Paper
Elderplan/Homefirst, the nonprofit senior healthcare management organization, opened its first-ever Brooklyn office with a celebratory ribbon-cutting on Aug.…
Opinion: Killingly-Brooklyn Interfaith Council on justice, compassion, human dignity
An Interfaith Statement on Justice, Compassion, and Human Dignity The Killingly-Brooklyn Interfaith Council, representing diverse faith communities in…
After Two Decades, Beloved Senior Center Shutters in Brooklyn
After more than 20 years serving seniors in southern Brooklyn, the Ocean Parkway Older Adult Center is gone.…
Meng, Ung blast NYCHA for temporary closure of Latimer Gardens Older Adult Center in Flushing after persistent leaks – QNS
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng and Council Member Sandra Ung have condemned NYCHA for allegedly failing to repair several…
Furhan Ahmad Calls for Stronger State Support for Seniors Facing Hunger in Lower Manhattan
Furhan speaking to AD66 seniors AD66 candidate backs senior center funding and aging-services bills, says fixed incomes and…
NYC Council presses Department for the Aging on whether budget keeps pace with older New Yorkers’ needs
City Council members pressed NYC Aging officials on Tuesday on whether the agency’s proposed $577.1 million budget keeps…
Gotham’s tyrannical ‘bike kings’ are taking over the city
New York City is dealing with elevated crime and disorder, failing and emptying schools, taxpayer flight and a fiscally crunched…
Celebration of the century in Jamaica Hills |
Residents, families, and staff of Margaret Tietz Rehabilitation & Nursing Center gathered for a heartfelt celebration on April…