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

2. Older Adults are:
Producers
Community Resources
Change Agents

3. Department of Transportation: Safe Streets for Seniors
Before
Flushing Senior Area; Main Street & Kissena Blvd., Queens

4. Department of Transportation: Safe Streets for Seniors
After
Flushing Senior Area; Main Street & Kissena Blvd., Queens

5. Department of Transportation: CityBench
Before

6. Department of Transportation: Safe Streets for Seniors
After

7. Department of Parks and Recreation: Senior Splash
Before

8. Department of Parks and Recreation: Senior Splash
After

9. Lessons Learned to Carry into the Next Administration:
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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

10. FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.AgeFriendlyNYC.org
AgeFriendlyNYC@nyam.org
twitter.com/AgeFriendlyNYC
facebook.com/AgeFriendlyNYC