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Creating an Age- friendly NYC Ruth Finkelstein, Sc.D The New York Academy of Medicine

Creating an Age-friendly NYC

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Creating an Age-friendly NYC

Ruth Finkelstein, Sc.DThe New York Academy of Medicine

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Older Adults are:

Producers

Community Resources

Change Agents

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Flushing Senior Area; Main Street & Kissena Blvd., Queens

Department of Transportation: Safe Streets for Seniors

Before

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Department of Transportation: Safe Streets for Seniors

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Flushing Senior Area; Main Street & Kissena Blvd., Queens

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Department of Transportation: CityBench

Before

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Department of Transportation: Safe Streets for Seniors

After

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Department of Parks and Recreation: Senior Splash

Before

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Department of Parks and Recreation: Senior Splash

After

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Lessons Learned to Carry into the Next Administration:

• Joined-up governance

• Value of talking directly with people about their lives

• Top down and bottom up strategies

• Neighborhoods matter

• Age-in-everything: no cost, low cost, cost

• Incremental is okay

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twitter.com/AgeFriendlyNYC

facebook.com/AgeFriendlyNYC

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