Posts Tagged ‘Susan Armitage’

Longtime Resident Helps Downtown Businesses Stay Afloat

Written by NY Press on . Posted in Downtown OTTY Awards, Special Sections

Liz Berger fights for her community as the president of the Downtown Alliance By Susan Armitage On the morning of 9/11, Liz Berger had just dropped off her oldest child for kindergarten at P.S. 234 and was on her way to work. Though she had already been active in civic life, she said, that devastating
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Her Group Sends Helpers to Seniors at No Charge

Written by NY Press on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, Special Sections, West Side Spirit, WESTYS

WESTY_IreneZola By Susan Armitage Irene Zola wants the world to know about people like Dolores Saborido. In her nineties, Saborido had outlived nearly all of her relatives. Her hired caregiver did not speak enough English, Zola says, and Saborido was socially isolated. Eventually, Saborido phoned Zola’s organization, Lifeforce in Later Years (LiLY), which matched her with
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