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.
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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.
Newark Patch
Adult prisons in New Jersey are routinely violating the rights of incarcerated high school students with disabilities, with some teens getting no education whatsoever.