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Our elder New Yorkers have built the city we know and love.  They have spent lifetimes contributing their wisdom, experience, and resilience to shaping the best aspects of Manhattan, shaping New York into the best city in the world. For this we owe them all a huge debt of gratitude and consideration.

We must do everything we can to ensure that New Yorkers can age in place and live independent lives in the communities they love. The day-to-day challenges like getting around the city, paying rent, having access to healthy food and healthcare, or even just getting the trash out are especially burdensome on older adults.

Here in the Borough President’s office we work hard to connect older Manhattanites with resources that will help address common challenges.

And here is a new tool to help!

I’m so proud to release the office of the Manhattan Borough President’s new Senior Resource Guide. This 50+ page comprehensive guide is designed to help seniors and their families navigate the many services and programs available across all 12 of Manhattan’s community districts.

Click here to access the Senior Resource Guide:

Inside, you’ll find information on:

• Senior Centers: Find a welcoming space for socializing, recreation, and learning near you.
• Financial Assistance: Explore programs that can help with expenses like housing, healthcare, and food.
• Health and Nutrition: Access resources for staying healthy, managing chronic conditions, and getting nutritious meals.
• Transportation: Learn about options for getting around Manhattan safely and affordably.
• Housing: Discover programs and services that can help seniors find and maintain safe, comfortable housing.
• Legal Assistance: Get help with legal matters, including elder abuse prevention, estate planning, and benefits claims.
• Companionship and Support: Connect with organizations that offer social interaction, emotional support, and friendly visiting programs.
• And much more!

Please share this valuable resource with any seniors in your life who might benefit. Together, let’s ensure the well-being of Manhattanites across all ages.

And on Tuesday, October 15th, from 9:30 am – 3 pm, older adults are invited to a special, free day at the Whitney Museum that I’m co-sponsoring. No RSVP required! I hope to see you there.

If you need help with any resources for older adults or have other concerns, contact my office at 212-669-8300 or info@manhattanbp.nyc.gov.

Mark

October 15th: BP Levine’s
Hispanic Heritage Month Event

RSVP to Join Us HERE!

Join Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine for a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration honoring the contributions of Hispanics and Latinos in journalism and broadcasting. The event will feature a panel discussion on the state and future of local journalism, with a focus on the vital role played by Latino journalists.

Date: Tuesday, October 15th Time: 5:30 pm Location: Fort Washington Avenue Armory, 216 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY

For special accommodations, email: events@manhattanbp.nyc.gov

In partnership with Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Council Member Carmen de la Rosa, State Senator Robert Jackson, Assembly Member Al Taylor

Oct 19th: 1820 Manhattan Map During
Open House NY

As part of an Open House New York annual tradition, the Manhattan Borough President’s topographical bureau will display a 19th-century map made of 92 individually hand-drawn and hand-colored panels that represent the Manhattan street grid 200 years ago.

Map geeks and Manhattaphiles, come see this 16 ft. x 60 ft. map on Saturday, October 19th from 10 am – 2 pm at our office in the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, 19th Floor South, 1 Centre St.

Learn More about Open House NY

BP Levine’s Leadership Training
Series Returns

From October 28th – November 2nd, we’ll be hosting our yearly Leadership Training Series, including conflict of interest and equal employment training sessions (mandatory for community board members). Other trainings will be about land use, open data, and more. All sessions are open to the public!

Follow us on social media to see when the full line-up of trainings is announced.

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Do you enjoy helping your community? Do you have some extra time?

Year round, the Manhattan Volunteer Corps helps out with community clean-ups, clothing drives, boroughwide events, and more. It’s a great way to give back to your fellow New Yorkers and get to know your neighbors across Manhattan.

No matter what you’re interested in or what your skills are, we’ve got a spot for you on Team Levine. We’ve got a packed schedule for the fall and winter, so sign up now to join the Manhattan Volunteer Corps!

Volunteer With Us!

Now Open: High School Applications

Public high school applications are now open for fall 2025, so refer to the graphic above and this page from the Department of Education on the dates you need to know and how to apply. Although middle school applications were supposed to open this week, they’ve been delayed to next week. The Dept. of Education will email prospective middle school families on October 15 with the updated timeline and more information

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THE BIG QUESTION:

CAN WE MAKE THESE

LAKES GREAT AGAIN?

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEITH LADZINSKI

By Robert Kunzig, ENVIRONMENT executive editor

In the 60s and 70s, when I was growing up, phosphate in detergents was one of our biggest environmental concerns, because it contaminated the Great Lakes. Rivers in Cleveland or Detroit still caught fire then. It was a simpler time.

Environmental problems seemed relatively contained, manageable. It seemed that by taking phosphate out of detergent and other pollutants out of a few rivers, we could make the Great Lakes great again. I should say “whole” again, because of course the lakes had never stopped being great. They hold almost 85 percent of North America’s fresh surface water and a fifth of the world’s. Their coastline is longer than the East and West coasts combined.

They’re as huge and as seemingly immutable a part of our geography and collective imagination as the Rocky Mountains—but while the Rockies are tens of millions of years old, the lakes were gouged out of bedrock by retreating glaciers only some 10,000 years ago. In their present form, they’re younger than the Egyptian pyramids, Tim Folger writes in this month’s cover story. From the shore, they may look big as oceans, but “they’re immature, more susceptible to threats.”

These days the threats are more global and daunting than in the good old days of burning rivers. They come from climate change, which is warming the lakes, diminishing their winter ice cover, and decimating the tiny plankton at the base of the food web. More than 180 invasive species, like zebra mussels and sea lampreys, have disrupted the food web from top to bottom. (Pictured above, floodwater from Lake Michigan pours over a walkway in Chicago in 2019; extreme weather caused the lake to rise two feet.)

For a while in the 90s, the lakes were blessedly free of the algae blooms that clog them when too many nutrients wash into the water. After the Clean Water Act of 1972, we built sewage treatment plants and removed phosphate from laundry detergent. But in the past two decades the blooms have returned, more toxic than ever, especially in Lake Erie (pictured above, in 2019). Now the phosphorus is washing off over-fertilized corn fields. Sadly, the problem seems to be aggravated by no-till agriculture—an eco-friendly practice designed to prevent soil erosion—as well as by the extreme rains that climate change is bringing.

These days, old industrial cities like Duluth or Buffalo are mentioned as places that might be reborn as havens for climate change refugees from places like Alabama, where I live now. The water in the Great Lakes, Folger tells us, may come to seem a far more valuable asset to this country—as droughts increase—than all our coal, oil, and natural gas. The Great Lakes will never stop being great. But once again it’s time to stop taking them for granted.

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Why Moderna may have an edge: The second COVID-19 vaccine candidate with stunning early success rates does not have to be refrigerated at an ultra-cold temperature, as does the Pfizer candidate. Moderna says its vaccine can be stored at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius (36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit) for 30 days. That’s the temperature found in a normal refrigerator or in a cooler filled with ice. This more common temperature range would allow for easier vaccine storage in rural areas and low-income countries, Sarah Elizabeth Richards reports for Nat Geo. This morning, Pfizer said it would apply for emergency FDA approval after tests showed its vaccine was 95 percent effective and had no serious side effects. Here’s a snapshot of vaccines in development.

Did these dinos die in combat? A fossil of a tyrannosaur alongside the bones of a plant-eating Triceratops may provide new clues to paleontologists. The exquisitely preserved fossil, found in Montana in 2006, has been acquired by a North Carolina museum after more than a decade of human scuffles related to private ownership and legal disputes. “Each specimen is among the best of its kind ever found,” Nat Geo’s Michael Greshko reports.

Ending a cancer: The lives of five million women could be saved by 2050 if the world joins forces to wipe out cervical cancer. In a first, 194 countries pledged to introduce measures that would see the number of new cases of the disease fall by 40 percent through vaccination, screening, and treatment. “We now have the cost-effective, evidence-based tools to make that dream a reality,” says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general. Without additional measures against HPV, responsible for 99 percent of cases, deaths could rise to 400,000 a year by 2030, The Telegraph reports.

Fighting a public health threat: The American Medical Association has declared racism a public health threat and has pledged to take action to confront systemic racism, racial injustice, and police brutality. “A proactive approach to prevent, or identify and eliminate, racism is crucial,” the AMA declared, “particularly considering that studies show historically marginalized populations in the U.S. have shorter lifespans, greater physical and mental illness burden, earlier onset and aggressive progression of disease, higher maternal and infant mortality, and less access to health care.” The action comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately stricken African Americans and Latinos in the U.S.

INSTAGRAM PHOTO OF THE DAY

PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL SEELEY, @MSEELEY20

Not a Star Wars light saber: This stunning image captures the trail of light left by a SpaceX rocket when it launched Sunday evening from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The launch to the International Space Station, following a test mission in May, represents the first operational spaceflight in nine years from American soil. This image had a remarkable 163,000 likes from our @natgeointhefield Instagram page, which has a tiny fraction of the 146 million followers of our main @natgeo Instagram page.

THE NIGHT SKIES

ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW FAZEKAS

Jupiter’s moons play peek-a-boo: After darkness tomorrow evening, look for the crescent moon in a triangular formation with the two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn. As an observing challenge, small telescopes pointed at Jupiter after sunset can reveal one of its moons, Callisto, gliding in front of the planet’s disk, while the neighboring moon Ganymede will peek out from behind Jupiter’s shadow on its eastern side at 7:13 p.m. ET. With binoculars, you can also spy two other Jovian moons—icy Europa to the planet’s west and volcanic Io to its east. Meanwhile, early bird sky-watchers will get a chance to see Mercury, which is usually hidden behind the glow of the sunrise or sunset. This week, it has pulled enough away from the sun that it’s more easily visible low in the southeast sky.
— Andrew Fazekas

THE BIG TAKEAWAY

PHOTOGRAPH BY REBECCA HALE

Bluer than blue? How can you make vivid pigments that could be even more striking than those found in nature? That’s what scientists are doing by “controlling light”—altering the arrangement of molecules to reflect only a specific wavelength of light. By layering together polymers, as pictured above, scientists were able to produce the kinds of iridescent rainbow effects that occur naturally in opal gemstones, Sarah Gibbens and Rebecca Hale show in the latest National Geographic magazine.

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Diving with a purpose: “When you dive,” Tara Roberts says, “it’s a completely different world.” Between 500 and 1,000 of the estimated 35,000 voyages that carried 12.5 millions Africans to the Americas wrecked—and only a handful of those shipwrecks have been discovered, the Nat Geo Explorer says on the latest episode of our podcast, Overheard. Roberts has been diving not only to find submerged history, but also to better explain the forced movement of enslaved people that led to modern economies and nation-building. “I am going to go out and find my own history”—and to shape the story she finds, Roberts tells Nat Geo’s Amy Briggs. “Slavery is not the start of our story, but according to the history books, it is.” (Pictured above, Roberts examining part of a wreck in the Florida Keys).

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“Gray Matters invites readers to reexamine what they think they know about growing old. Offering succinct close readings of richly diverse cultural texts, Lem’s book presents literature as a resource for dealing with the practical and existential concerns of aging. With its interdisciplinary grounding in age studies theory and sociological data, Gray Matters is itself a valuable resource for readers ready to reorient their view of later life.”

—— Erin Lamb, co-editor of Research Methods in Health Humanities

Aging is one of the most compelling issues today, with record numbers of seniors over sixty-five worldwide! Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life examines a diverse array of cultural works including films, literature, and even art that represent this time of life, often made by people who are seniors themselves from all walks of life from the rich and famous to the everyday person in our towns and neighborhoods.

Ellyn has been on multiple programs such as “The Morning Blend” (TMJ4TV – Milwaukee), and she can speak on topics focused on aging such as:

· How people’s personal stories of aging connect with writers’ portrayals
· Senior parents and their adult children
· Housing options
· Memory Loss
· Intimacy
· Men and Women (Differences and Similarities)
· Money, Work and Retirement
· Dealing with the challenges of social isolation during COVID19.

This thought provoking analysis is certain to challenge your audience’s perceptions on aging, as Professor Lem engages in dialogue with others on the recent research exploring how “stories” illuminate the dynamics of growing old by blending fact with imagination. GRAY MATTERS: Finding Meaning In The Stories of Later Life (Rutgers University Press; Paperback; August 15, 2020; $29.95; 978-1-1978-80631-3) will shine light on the fascinating real life experiences of seniors gathered from over two hundred in-depth surveys with a range of questions on growing old, not often included in other age studies works.

Gray Matters combines cultural texts, gerontology research, and observations from older adults that will give all readers a fuller picture of the struggles and pleasures of aging and avoids over-simplified representations of the process as all negative or positive.

“Creative, wide-ranging and well-written, Gray Matters offers a many-sided, complex understanding of late-life. It demonstrates that this period of our lives interweaves our past and present, takes grit, and offers opportunities for positive experiences. For some, learning becomes more enjoyable, as the phrase ‘senior college’ indicates. Gray Matters also skillfully shows that aging occurs in a social context, a fact often overlooked when the process is understood as solely an individual matter.”
—— Margaret Cruikshank, from the foreword

“Gray Matters invites readers to reexamine what they think they know about growing old. Offering succinct close readings of richly diverse cultural texts, Lem’s book presents literature as a resource for dealing with the practical and existential concerns of aging. With its interdisciplinary grounding in age studies theory and sociological data, Gray Matters is itself a valuable resource for readers ready to reorient their view of later life.”
—— Erin Lamb, co-editor of Research Methods in Health Humanities

“Lem draws examples from literature, film, television, and a survey of older people to support a wide-ranging and accessible examination of contemporary culture. Especially helpful to those who are new to the field, this book is a welcome addition to age-studies scholarship.”
—— Valerie Lipscomb, author of Performing Age in Modern Drama –This text refers to the hardcover edition.

“Ellyn Lem’s research wasn’t just from gerontology— she surveyed over 200 real people over the ages of 65…. making the experience of reading this book heartfelt and personal. Census facts were fascinating as well. Added pleasures for book lovers, screen lovers of movies, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, Amazon Prime, and other network watchers, will be smiling! There are so many fun tidbits and commentaries from literature, film, and television: many favorite authors, books, and screen entertainment is explored and examined throughout!
I found it exciting to read about books & authors I’ve read -and exciting to learn about books, authors, shows, I’ve missed – but now must add to my desire to read & watch lists.”
—— Elsye Walters, Advance Reader from Goodreads

Ellyn A. Lem is a professor of English and Gender Studies at UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha. She teaches a variety of composition and literature courses, including a course, Women in Popular Culture. Her publications include articles on The Hunger Games, Like Water for Chocolate, Arthur Miller and Anzia Yezierska and the book Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life. Lem received her PhD from New York University.

Series: Global Perspectives on Aging
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press; None edition (August 15, 2020)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1978806310
ISBN-13: 978-1978806313

Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life, will be out Aug. 15th and is available for pre-order now:
from Rutgers University Press, Local bookstores like Books and Company, Barnes & Noble, Amazon and other fine book retailers everywhere.

Read her book Gray Matters on Kindle!

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