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Teresa Rizzo

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Age: 49
Neighborhood: Sheepshead Bay
Occupation: School kitchen worker
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“I hope that when I get to be a retiring age, because I’m only a part-time worker, that I’ll be able to live.”

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Older & Online

Monday, November 19th, 2007

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Over the next twenty years, the city predicts that one in every five New Yorkers will be 60 or older. This will be the first time in the city’s history that older New Yorkers will outnumber school age children. As New Yorkers are aging their lifestyles are changing. Online social networking and blogging are creating new internet neighborhoods.
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