Gray Panthers NYC Transformation Tuesday Highlights Nursing Home Wishes for 2023
“Ultimately, we must ensure that our nursing homes are truly homes for those living in them.” -- New York City Council Member Crystal...
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Michelle Arnot
Replay of Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023
Thank you to those who attended Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023 last week. It was a powerful capstone to our second...
Michelle Arnot
Gray Panthers NYC Releases 2022 Annual Highlights
During Year 3 of COVID, Gray Panthers NYC (GPNYC) has been busy with housekeeping. Being in social isolation helped us to concentrate...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Why the Feds’ COVID-19 Testing Program is Not Enough
In a response to another surge in COVID-19 cases, the United States Federal Government has reinstated a program though which all American...
Emily Trask
Edith Cresmer Delivers Testimony to NYS Assembly Members
Poignant, personal testimony delivered by our esteemed board member Edith Cresmer that is “inspiring and motivating” NYS elected...
Michelle Arnot
Register for Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023, Dec 27, 2022 02:00 PM ET
You're invited to join us for our special year end Transformation Tuesday - Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023, Dec 27,...
Edith Cresmer
Gray Panther Partner Profile: The Granny Peace Brigade
On October 17, 2022, the Granny Peace Brigade NYC (GPB) observed its 17th anniversary. Most of our heads are gray, like the Gray Panthers...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Reasons to Commemorate and Celebrate
While there was, is, and likely will be no shortage of bad news to cover and listen to, there are at the same time reasons to commemorate...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Colorado Springs: Honoring Our LGBTQ Extended Family
Gray Panthers NYC is horrified and outraged with the shooting that resulted in the loss of five people and the injuring of many others at...
Michelle Arnot
A Different Ask for Giving Tuesday 2022 from Gray Panthers NYC
This Giving Tuesday, Gray Panthers NYC is asking you to donate your time to support our work on Nursing Home transformation! Pick one (or...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Some Words About Former Gray Panthers Board Member Rolly Woodyatt
This week, many of us are thinking of the things that we are thankful for. For some of us at Gray Panthers, one of the things we are...
Brendan Birth
A Perspective on What it Looks Like to Be Intergenerational
The Vision Statement of Gray Panthers NYC is: “The Gray Panthers envisions a world where the old and the young have much to contribute to...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Taking Action: Recap of Gray Panthers NYC Town Hall with Assembly Member Ron Kim
At our most recent Transformation Tuesday on October 25, 2022, Gray Panthers hosted a town hall with Assembly Member Ron Kim, the Chair...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Gray Panthers NYC on Nursing Home Staffing in New York
Recently Gray Panthers NYC was part of a coalition of organizations submitting joint comments on the New York State Department of...
Michelle Arnot
The Honorable Ron Kim and Gray Panthers NYC Town Hall, October 25, 2022, 2-3 pm
We are honored to host Assemblyman Ron Kim (Queens), Chair, NYS Assembly Committee on Aging, for this 60-minute Town Hall event. Register...
Mary Jane Wolper
Citizen Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
Guest Blogger: Mary Jane Wolper, Volunteer Coordinator for The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program for NYC On September 27, 2022, I served...
Michelle Arnot
Save the Date for Town Hall with The Honorable Ron Kim and "Grassroots Voices" Webinar Replay
For those who attended, we hope you found last month's webinar, Grassroots Voices: Nursing Home Transformation, as informative and...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Congratulations to Our Colleagues Recognized by United Nations 2022 Healthy Aging 50
These allies have been selected from the approximately 500 nominees working to transform the world into a better place to grow older....
Jack Kupferman
Remarks by Gray Panthers NYC on Improving Older New Yorkers’ Access to City Services, Sept 7, 2022
Thank you so much for the invitation to present the views of Gray Panthers on the suite of bills under consideration. I am Jack...
Michelle Arnot
Grassroot Voices: Nursing Home Transformation Webinar, September 27, 2022 2-3PM EDT
PANELISTS Rachel Bennett, Founder, Nursing Home Card Project Mary Jane Wolper, LTC Ombudsman Program Volunteer Coordinator, Center for...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
Grieving Families in New York State Deserve Better
For over a century and a half, wrongful death lawsuit settlements in New York State were never allowed to consider the emotional impact...
Gray Panthers NYC Board
How the Inflation Reduction Act Benefits Older Americans
Depending on what you read or watch, much of the publicity surrounding the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act is about whether or...
Sarah Gold
Recap of Brooklyn Borough Hall Scamming and Fraud Event
On July 29, 2022, Gray Panthers NYC summer intern Sarah Gold attended an event held by the Brooklyn Wide Interagency Council on Aging....
Emily Trask
Meet Sarah Gold, GP NYC 2022 Summer Intern
I am a rising senior at Skidmore College, majoring in Anthropology and double minoring in Biology and Mandarin. My interest in the Gray...
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