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NYLPI Supports Launch of New MTA-Focused “Build Trust” Campaign
NYLPI Senior Attorney for Disability Justice Christopher Schuyler was quoted by TransitCenter in support of its new "Build Trust" campaign focused on the MTA's Capital Program, which was covered in the Daily News this morning. “A lack of accessibility to mass transit...
Streetsblog Quotes NYLPI In Story On Safety Issues In Private Garbage Industry
Streetsblog reporter Julianne Cuba quoted NYLPI's Director of Organizing and Strategic Research, Justin Wood, in a story about a garbage truck plowing into a cyclist. Advocates are renewing calls to regulate the city’s private carting industry after a private...
New York City Housing Authority Properties Are Largely Inaccessible For People With Disabilities
NYLPI Advocate Suhali Méndez and Senior Staff Attorney Maureen Belluscio gave testimony this week about accessibility in New York City Housing Authority properties, before New York City Council's Committee on Public Housing and Committee on Mental Health,...
The Department of Education Gets An “F” On Clean School Bus Delivery
On the first day of school, we joined Council Member Rafael Espinal, the New York League of Conservation Voters and other advocacy groups to call on the NYC Department of Education to clean its school bus fleet—something it committed to doing last year, and to...
City and State Features NYLPI In Story on Access to Ride Hailing Services
City and State featured a quote from NYLPI's Director of Strategic Organizing and Research, Justin Wood, in a story today about access to ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft. As Uber and other ride-hailing companies face pressure to better serve wheelchair...
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