The MTA has been hit with yet another lawsuit and this time it’s from the feds. United States Attorney Geoffrey Berman has filed suit against the MTA for failing to make its newly renovated subway stations accessible to the disabled, reports the New York Post.
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of violating the rights of the disabled when the agency spent tens of millions to renovate a subway station without installing elevators, even after being told repeatedly that making the station accessible was mandatory and technically doable.
The U.S. government on Tuesday sued the agencies that run New York City’s subway, claiming they failed to make a Bronx station accessible to disabled people despite an expensive renovation.
Federal prosecutors have joined a lawsuit against the agency that runs New York City’s subway, accusing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of violating federal law for not making a renovated station accessible to people with disabilities.
The feds sued the MTA and NYC Transit Authority on Tuesday for renovating a Bronx subway station without making it accessible to the disabled.
PELHAM BAY – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is joining a complaint against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that claims a Bronx subway stop is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Geoffrey S. Berman, President Donald Trump’s recently-appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, defied expectations that he will hew to his boss’s anti-civil rights agenda, filing suit on Tuesday against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District on Tuesday joined a pitched battle between disability rights advocates and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over subway accessibility.
Disability rights supporters are suing Lyft for allegedly not providing wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the Bay Area.
Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of the Independent Living Resource Center and two people who use wheelchairs, filed a class-action lawsuit today against Lyft.