Growing Old: A special NYC in Focus report

Pick almost any of the 334 New York City Housing Authority properties that dot the city, turn from the street onto its grounds, and a color stands...

Growing Old: Making her garden grow

It’s a brisk day in early October, and Leticia Ramirez’s box in the Rutgers Community Garden is at the peak of its beauty. Purple impatiens. Red...

Growing Old: A natural place to retire

Paulina Morabia has a private hiding place in the bottom drawer of her desk. There, she stashes a small, clear box that only comes out on Fridays....

Growing Old: A tale of three centers

Five days a week, more than a hundred people crowd into the cramped dining halls at a senior center in the Bronx for lunch. Meanwhile, at a similar...

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