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LaGuardia Houses Addition Celebrates Lunar New Year

Vincent Echavaria — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

On February 21, NYCHA’s Family Partnerships Department’s Elderly Safe-at-Home program hosted its second annual Lunar New Year celebration at LaGuardia

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Fall Prevention for Older Adults

Michael — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:36:00 +0000

As people age, falls present a threat to their health and can hinder the ability to live self-sufficiently. To ensure

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Groundbreaking for New Senior Residence in Brooklyn

Michael — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:09:32 +0000

On September 19, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens and various City agencies celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Gail P.

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Grand Opening of the Penn-Wortman Senior Center

Joshua Olesker — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:54:45 +0000

On September 13, the new Penn-Wortman Senior Center in East New York, Brooklyn, officially opened its doors at a grand

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Atrium at Sumner Opens Affordable Senior Housing in Bed-Stuy

Vincent Echavaria — Fri, 24 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000

On May 23, Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant community welcomed a newly constructed affordable housing building for senior residents on the campus of

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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Meet the Resident Leaders at LaGuardia Houses Addition

Vincent Echavaria — Fri, 03 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Close to the heart of Chinatown sits LaGuardia Houses Addition, a NYCHA senior development where a large majority of residents

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Mrs. Jarrett Turns 102

LaToya — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:46:18 +0000

Family, friends, and residents celebrated her birthday at the Kingsborough Houses senior center.

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National Preparedness Month

Nii Akrofi Smart-Abbey — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:05:32 +0000

September is National Preparedness Month. How prepared are you for an emergency? The theme of this year’s National Preparedness Month

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Remembering Longtime Wagner Houses Resident, Beloved Community Member Dorothy “Dot” Moore

admin — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The NYCHA community is mourning the passing of Dorothy “Dot” Moore, one of the longest residents of NYCHA’s Wagner Houses

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Celebrating the Life Stories of NYCHA Residents

LaToya — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000

In November, a group of NYCHA’s older adult residents participated in a virtual celebration to honor three years of building

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