New York's oldest resident turns 114

AP

NEW YORK -- New York's most senior resident, who is also the world's third oldest person, celebrated turning 114 at a Brooklyn senior center.

The New York Times reportsthat Susannah Mushatt Jones, who had a birthday party Friday, only takes one blood pressure medication and a daily vitamin.

She celebrated her birthday surrounded by friends and family, including an 81-year-old niece and a 69-year-old grandson. </p<

Jones was determined to be the world's third oldest person by the Gerontology Research Group, an organization of physicians, scientists and engineers who validate supercentenarians, people 110 or older.

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