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Poignant, personal testimony delivered by our esteemed board member Edith Cresmer that is “inspiring and motivating” NYS elected...

You're invited to join us for our special year end Transformation Tuesday - Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023, Dec 27,...

On October 17, 2022, the Granny Peace Brigade NYC (GPB) observed its 17th anniversary. Most of our heads are gray, like the Gray Panthers...

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 is horrified and outraged with the shooting that resulted in the loss of five people and the injuring of many others at...

This Giving Tuesday, Gray Panthers NYC is asking you to donate your time to support our work on Nursing Home transformation! Pick one (or...

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...

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...

At our most recent Transformation Tuesday on October 25, 2022, Gray Panthers hosted a town hall with Assembly Member Ron Kim, the Chair...

Recently Gray Panthers NYC was part of a coalition of organizations submitting joint comments on the New York State Department of...

We are honored to host Assemblyman Ron Kim (Queens), Chair, NYS Assembly Committee on Aging, for this 60-minute Town Hall event. Register...

Guest Blogger: Mary Jane Wolper, Volunteer Coordinator for The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program for NYC On September 27, 2022, I served...

For those who attended, we hope you found last month's webinar, Grassroots Voices: Nursing Home Transformation, as informative and...

These allies have been selected from the approximately 500 nominees working to transform the world into a better place to grow older....

Thank you so much for the invitation to present the views of Gray Panthers on the suite of bills under consideration. I am Jack...

PANELISTS Rachel Bennett, Founder, Nursing Home Card Project Mary Jane Wolper, LTC Ombudsman Program Volunteer Coordinator, Center for...

For over a century and a half, wrongful death lawsuit settlements in New York State were never allowed to consider the emotional impact...

Depending on what you read or watch, much of the publicity surrounding the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act is about whether or...

On July 29, 2022, Gray Panthers NYC summer intern Sarah Gold attended an event held by the Brooklyn Wide Interagency Council on Aging....

I am a rising senior at Skidmore College, majoring in Anthropology and double minoring in Biology and Mandarin. My interest in the Gray...

We thought we were done with it, that we could relax and get back to our normal lives. Unfortunately, many parts of the United States,...

Many thanks to LiveOn NY for this recap of some of the legislation that passed both NYS Assembly houses that is pertinent to our work...

Brendan Birth (he/him) is the Secretary of the Gray Panthers NYC Board. He first came to Gray Panthers as an intern in Summer 2015. He...

SAVE THE DATE! More info to follow soon! You can watch all of our past Transformation Tuesday webinars on our website.