Lawsuit Against MTA Over Accessibility Attains Class-Action Status With More Than 500,000 Plaintiffs
arrow Katherine Valdez uses a wheelchair to commute from her home in Briarwood, Queens, to work in Long Island City. Amy Pearl / Gothamist A State Supreme Court Judge ruled this week that a lawsuit filed against the MTA on behalf of a coalition of accessibility rights advocates does, in fact, represent a class of more than 500,000 people who claim they’ve been excluded from the subway system because of a lack of accessibility. The 2017 lawsuit claims that because only 20% of the subway system has elevators, the MTA is in violation of the Americans with Disability Act and the N...
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