Seniors and people with disabilities fight down to the wire to save programs that serve them

May 14, 2026 Special Project: City Budget Cuts 0 Comments

Some 200 seniors and people with disabilities and their advocates swarmed City Hall Tuesday in the second, heavily attended protest in less than a month to oppose $8.9 million in cuts to the Mayor’s budget that impact programs serving seniors and people with disabilities. They are among $124 million in reductions Mayor Daniel Lurie has ...

Jody Reiss at The Sequoias

As the city’s older population swells, seniors who can no longer live at home face high costs, limited choices

February 22, 2026 Life in the Later Lane 0 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: See full profiles of the seniors interviewed by clicking links within the story. A panoply of health issues, including slow-moving Parkinson’s, and kidney disease, prompted Jody Reiss, a retired therapist and AIDS educator, to move into an assisted living facility – at the relatively young age of 68. Most residents are 75 or ...

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