August 2015 E-Newsletter Donate Now Celebrating 25 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act: 1990-2015 In This Issue DRA Celebrates Summer Accomplishments & Gears Up For The Fall DRA Is Hiring! Attorney Spotlight Board of Directors Spotlight Awards & Events Impact Report: The Latest Developments On Our Cases DRA Celebrates Summer Accomplishments & Gears … Continue reading “August 2015 E-News”
DRA files suit for Bronx residents with disabilities turned away from local health center.
DRA files suit for Bronx residents with disabilities turned away from local health center.
New York, NY – Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 – Today, on the heels of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a national nonprofit leader in civil rights litigation on behalf of persons with disabilities, filed a federal class-action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York alleging … Continue reading “Bronx Medical Facility Sued for Excluding Patents with Disabilities and Jeopardizing Their Health”
Happy 25th ADA Anniversary! Donate Now Celebrating 25 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act: 1990-2015 In This Issue DRA Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the ADA DRA In The News July 21, 2015 Celebration at DRA’s Berkeley Office DRA’s Past Accomplishments and Vision For the Future DRA Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the ADA … Continue reading “ADA 25th Anniversary Newsletter 2015”
Sid Wolinsky uses the ADA to make big impacts in New York City.
BERKELEY, CA – July 22, 2015 – Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a leading national nonprofit disability rights legal center, announced today the appointment of Mary-Lee Smith and Stuart Seaborn as the new Co-Directors of Litigation. Co-founders Sid Wolinsky and Larry Paradis will continue to guide DRA in their roles as Supervising Attorney and Executive Director, … Continue reading “Disability Rights Advocates Announces New Co-Directors of Litigation”
Essay on why disability rights is everyone’s business.
June 2015 E-Newsletter Donate Now Celebrating 25 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act: 1990-2015 In This Issue Summer Awards, Anniversaries, and Achivements DRA Attorney Spotlight Upcoming Events Awards DRA Impact Report Summer Awards, Anniversaries, and Achievements Dear DRA Family, Legal victories, awards, events, and more! Summer is here and DRA’s office is bustling … Continue reading “June 2015, E-News”
New York City, NY – June 1,2015 – A federal judge cleared the way today for a major class action suit against the City to proceed. Disability Rights Advocates (“DRA”) and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, on behalf of the Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York (“CIDNY”) filed a landmark civil rights lawsuit … Continue reading “Suit Challenging N.Y.C.’s Failure to Make Sidewalks Safe for Disabled New Yorkers Moves Ahead”