Encore News
Dominican Republic Native Reflects On A Career Spent Caring for the Elderly
From NY1 – Nieves Taveras has a way of making everyone who comes to Encore Community Services’s Senior Center in Times Square feel comfortable.
Our City needs a Transit System That Works For People of All Abilities
From The West Side Spirit – Earlier this summer, the MTA reached a settlement with disability advocates that would require the agency to make the New York City Transit system 95% ADA compliant by the year 2055.
Amid Inflation and Increased Demand, Human Services Workers Struggle with Burnout
From City Limits – Citywide, workers at nonprofits under contract to provide support and essential services to New Yorkers at a time of unprecedented crisis say they feel overworked, overwhelmed and burnt out.
Volunteers Check On Older New Yorkers During Heat Wave
From WPIX11 – The sweltering heat didn’t stop workers and volunteers from loading up and pounding the pavement to deliver meals to seniors. It’s more than just your standard dishes on the menu with options to satisfy every palate.
Living Wages for Human Services Workers are Needed Now
From NY Nonprofit Media – Nobody gets into the nonprofit world to get rich, but we do need to be able to survive, and thrive. And the city budget, being touted in many places as generous, does not ensure that I can.
Illusionista Latino Vincula La Magica Y El Transformiso
From Noticias NY1 – A sus 85 años de vida, Bernie Brandall no ha pasado un día en el que no se sienta orgulloso de ser gay.
COVID isn’t over, but pandemic meal delivery for NYC seniors is coming to a close
From Gothamist – The city’s Department for the Aging told Gothamist that of the 8,000 or so current recipients of pandemic meal delivery, only about 3,000 are possible candidates for home-delivered meals.
Nonprofits Battle Underfunding to Serve Meals to Homebound Seniors; Gale Lends a Hand
From West Side Rag – The demand for home-delivered meals is increasing as the number of seniors increases, but the funding isn’t rising at the same rate.
What is New York City Doing to Boost Vaccination Where Rates Remain Persistently Low?
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines remains persistently low in pockets of New York City two years into the pandemic, despite being shown to reduce the severity and spread of the virus that has killed nearly 40,000 New Yorkers.