Esther Semidey, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and aunt, recently celebrated her 100th birthday among family and friends at a party complete with DJ and cake.

Esther Semidey has been living in Harlem for more than 70 years and on Friday, she celebrated her 100th birthday in style, surrounded by friends and family at the Carter Burden/Leonard Covello Senior Center.

La bisabuela reside desde hace 75 años en El Barrio, el legendario vecindario puertorriqueño de Manhattan.

Newly minted centenarian Esther Semiday celebrated her 100th birthday Friday at an East Harlem senior center—and opened the festivities with a solo.

Doña Esther Padilla, antigua maestra de escuela, fue la reina de una enorme celebración, en la cual cantó, bailó y aseguró que su secreto de vida es ser feliz

100-year-old Esther Semidey says that happiness and a faith in god are the secrets to a long life.

East Harlemites of all ages celebrated the season yesterday morning at our Leonard Covello Senior Center in a space all decked out for the holidays! Kindergartners from St. Ann school visited with the seniors, delivered holiday cards, and sang Christmas carols…

Yesterday, our seniors had their annual holiday concert! Everyone was excited to sing along and spread holiday cheer. Seniors were even more excited with special guests, St. Ann kindergartners…