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.
Contact for Press Inquiries
Email: communications@dralegal.org
Phone: (510) 665-8644
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MEDIA ADVISORY May 15, 2015 WHAT: The city of Phoenix, in partnership with Disability Rights Advocates and The Arizona Center for Disability Law, will announce changes to the city’s Emergency Operations Plan. WHO:Mayor Greg StantonCouncilman Michael Nowakowski, Chairman of Public Safety and Veterans SubcommitteeChristine Chuang, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates Phil Pangrazio, President & … Continue reading “The city of Phoenix to announce changes to Emergency Operations Plan.”
SAN FRANCISCO, CA April 21, 2015 – Delivering an important preliminary victory for people with disabilities in a landmark civil rights case against the popular car service Uber, a federal court ruled that the California affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind and blind UberX riders may proceed in their lawsuit against Uber for … Continue reading “VICTORY FOR BLIND RIDERS IN LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST UBER; CASE ADVANCES”
Burlington, Vermont, March 20, 2015 The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s leading advocate for access by the blind to information and technology, today applauded a ruling issued by Judge William K. Sessions III of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in a lawsuit filed by the NFB and Heidi … Continue reading “DRA achieves victory in Scribd case: internet-based companies must comply with the ADA”
New York, NY – March 17, 2015 –, On the day a jury trial was scheduled to begin, Disability Rights Advocates and the Law Offices of Meenan and Associates entered into a landmark settlement with the NYPD in a case challenging the Department’s discriminatory blanket policy banning the use of hearing aids by police officers. … Continue reading “Landmark Settlement for NYPD Officers with Hearing Loss”
We are canceling today’s 4PM press conference because we are close to reaching a last minute settlement agreement. DRA will issue a media release with settlement details soon and appreciates your patience. New York, NY – March 9, 2015 Who: Disability Rights Advocates (dralegal.org), the Law Offices of Meenan and Associates (www.meenanesqs.com) and the Hearing Loss … Continue reading “CANCELED (Press Conference, March 9, New York)”
We are canceling today’s 4PM press conference because we are close to reaching a last minute settlement agreement. DRA will issue a media release with settlement details soon and appreciates your patience. New York, NY – March 9th, 2015 – Disability Rights Advocates and the Law Offices of Meenan and Associates begin a federal jury … Continue reading “UPDATE – Jury Trial in Federal Court to Protect the Rights of NYPD Officers with Hearing Impairments”
Agreement Between BART and Disability Advocates Oakland, February 27, 2015 – Last night the BART Board voted to approve an agreement between BART and disability advocates to address concerns raised by disability organizations regarding the floor plan for BART’s Fleet of the Future. The Fleet of the Future is the name used by BART for … Continue reading “Agreement Between BART and Disability Advocates”
The year is off to a great start and DRA is excited to welcome two new talented Senior Staff Attorneys to our team in the next month — Aaron Zisser and Michelle Caiola. Please join us in welcoming them to the DRA team! – Aaron B. Zisser – Aaron Zisser will work out of DRA’s California … Continue reading “Introducing DRA’s New Lawyers”
New York City, NY – December 24, 2014 – Today, Disability Rights Advocates (“DRA”) and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, on behalf of the Westchester Independent Living Center (“WILC”) and two wheelchair users, filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court alleging that Metro-North has violated Federal disability civil rights laws by spending millions of taxpayer dollars renovating the … Continue reading “Civil Rights Advocates Challenge Metro-North’s Failure to Provide Wheelchair Access to the Upgraded Port Chester Station”
November 10, 2014 – Disability Rights Advocates, a national leader in civil rights litigation on behalf of persons with disabilities, has joined the Law Offices of Meenan and Associates in challenging a Department-wide policy that discriminates against NYPD officers who use hearing aids, regardless of how well they do their jobs. The Plaintiffs, former Sergeant James … Continue reading “Lawsuit in Federal Court to Protect the Rights of NYPD Officers with Hearing Impairments”