Fox News
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used a wheelchair for years but a New York City memorial in his honor is inaccessible to wheelchair-using visitors, a new lawsuit claims.
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PIX11 News
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wouldn’t have been able to fully access a park on Roosevelt Island named in his honor: the park begins and ends with stairs.
Curbed NY (Vox Media)
Roosevelt Island’s Four Freedoms Park is now the subject of a class-action lawsuit, which alleges that the park’s design violates the Americans With Disabilities act, and is not fully accessible.
New York Times
A New York park honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who used a wheelchair for years, is not fully accessible to disabled people, according to a class-action suit filed against the state and the conservancy that runs the park.
Wheelchair Users Sue Over FDR Four Freedoms Park’s Major Barriers to Access
Site dedicated to freedom denies freedom of access to people with disabilities March 16, 2017—New York, NY—In 2012, New York City welcomed the opening of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island. Yet FDR, the President it commemorates who used a wheelchair for mobility, would have struggled to take in its dramatic … Continue reading “Wheelchair Users Sue Over FDR Four Freedoms Park’s Major Barriers to Access”
CBS New York
A Quadriplegic Long Island woman sues medical facility over accessibility.
NYU Langone-NRAD Radiology Centers Fails to Accommodate Wheelchair Users
New York, NY—March 2, 2017—Today, the non-profit firm Disability Rights Advocates filed a federal lawsuit against NYU Langone-NRAD Radiology Centers on behalf of a person who uses a wheelchair after she was denied service based on her disability. None of NYU Langone-NRAD Radiology Centers’ many facilities throughout Long Island and in Queens provide the accessible … Continue reading “NYU Langone-NRAD Radiology Centers Fails to Accommodate Wheelchair Users”
February 2017 E-Newsletter
Letter From the Executive Director Dear Friends, I am honored and humbled to have been chosen as DRA’s new Executive Director. DRA is an amazing organization that has improved the lives of millions of people with disabilities. Under the leadership of DRA’s founders, Sid Wolinsky and Larry Paradis, DRA has ensured that people with disabilities … Continue reading “February 2017 E-Newsletter”
DNAinfo
LinkNYC only adds features for the blind after a lawsuit.
Access to the Blind Ensured at LinkNYC Communication Network
New York, NY – January 31, 2017 – A settlement has been reached between the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and CityBridge, LLC to ensure that the LinkNYC public communications network is fully accessible to the blind now and in the future. LinkNYC, touted as a “first-of-its-kind communication network,” provides free mobile device charging, … Continue reading “Access to the Blind Ensured at LinkNYC Communication Network”