CNN
If Franklin D. Roosevelt were alive today, the former President would have trouble accessing a New York memorial built to honor him, a lawsuit says.
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Reuters
People who use wheelchairs are unable to fully enjoy a New York City park named after President Franklin Roosevelt, one of the most famous wheelchair users in U.S. history, a class-action lawsuit claims.
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.
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.
CBS New York
A Quadriplegic Long Island woman sues medical facility over accessibility.
DNAinfo
LinkNYC only adds features for the blind after a lawsuit.
NJ.com
New Jersey has been sued over a shocking lack of special education for inmates.
NorthJersey.com
High school students with disabilities are getting a sub-par education or no education at all while doing time in adult prisons.