Our Mission
With offices in California and New York, Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) is one of the leading nonprofit disability rights legal centers in the nation. Its mission is to advance equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities nationwide.
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Email: communications@dralegal.org
Phone: (510) 665-8644
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Long Beach, CA – June 4, 2014 – A class action lawsuit filed today in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleges that the City of Long Beach discriminates against residents and visitors who have mobility impairments. Read the complaint here. The sidewalks and pedestrian rights-of-way in Long Beach pose significant barriers to individuals who … Continue reading “Wheelchair Users Face Dangerous Barriers When Trying to Use Long Beach Sidewalks”
New York, NY –New Yorkers who use wheelchairs or have visual impairments won a major civil rights victory today. A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the Board of Elections in New York City discriminated against voters with disabilities by failing to make its poll sites … Continue reading “Landmark Decision By Federal Appellate Court Vindicates The Rights Of Voters With Disabilities In New York City”
HISTORIC RULE PASSED; NYC TAXICAB ACCESSIBILITY TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE From 1 in 57 wheelchair-accessible yellow cabs to 1 in 2 by 2020 NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission approved today a measure to phase in accessible yellow taxicabs so that by 2020, fifty percent (50%) of New York’s yellow … Continue reading “Historic Rule Passed; NYC Taxicab Accessibility to Dramatically Increase”
Los Angeles, California (April 2, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the United States, and four blind people residing in California—Rick Boggs, Geraldine Croom, Rochelle Houston, and Tina Thomas —filed suit today in the United States District Court for the Central District of California … Continue reading “National Federation of the Blind and Four Blind People File Suit Against RideCharge, Inc. and Three Taxicab Companies in California”
Los Angeles, California (April 2, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind(NFB), the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the United States, and four blind people residing in California—Rick Boggs, Geraldine Croom, Rochelle Houston, and Tina Thomas —filed suit today in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against … Continue reading “National Federation of the Blind and Four Blind People File Suit Against RideCharge, Inc. and Three Taxicab Companies in California”
The Court has preliminarily approved a class action settlement in Gray, et al. v. Golden Gate National Recreational Area, et al. For more information about the settlement and your rights, click here to connect to the Notice of Proposed Class Settlement: Class Notice in English Class Notice in Spanish Class Notice in Chinese Click Here … Continue reading “Gray, et. al v. Golden Gate National Recreational Area, et al. Class Notice”
Berkeley, CA – March 17, 2014 – Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) and the National Park Service (NPS) have entered into a landmark settlement agreement that will significantly improve access to Golden Gate National Recreational Area (GGNRA) for the thousands of people with mobility and vision disabilities who visit GGNRA each year. This agreement is the … Continue reading “Landmark Settlement Agreement Substantially Improves Accessibility to Golden Gate National Recreational Area”
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – The United States Department of Justice and Department of Education have filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit challenging the solitary confinement policies and practices and failure to educate youth with disabilities in Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall. According to the federal class action lawsuit, filed in August 2013 by Disability … Continue reading “U.S. Education and Justice Departments Criticize Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall Over Treatment of Youth with Disabilities; Participate in Lawsuit Against Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall”
NEW YORK, NY – December, 2013 Four disability rights organizations, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) and the Mayor’s Office for People With Disabilities (MOPD) announced today that they have reached an historic settlement agreement to phase-in wheelchair accessible yellow medallion taxicabs so that fifty percent (50%) will be accessible to men, women, … Continue reading “NYC and Disability Advocates Announce Landmark Settlement to Dramatically Increase NYC Taxicab Accessibility”
Federal Judge Rules New York City’s Inadequate Disaster Plans Discriminate Against Hundreds of Thousands of New Yorkers with Disabilities New York, NY – A Federal Court ruled today that New York City discriminated against people with disabilities in its failure to plan for their needs in large scale disasters such as Hurricane Sandy. This major … Continue reading “Federal Judge Rules New York City’s Inadequate Disaster Plans Discriminate Against Hundreds of Thousands of New Yorkers with Disabilities”