NEWS ADVISORY — NEW YORKERS RALLY AND ATTEND COURT HEARING ON WEDNESDAY TO DEMAND ACCESSIBLE SUBWAYS
When: Wednesday, November 6 at 9 a.m.
Where: New York State Supreme Court — 60 Centre St., New York, NY 10007
Judge Hagler’s court room — Part 17, Room 335
What: Rally in front of court house at 9am, calling on the MTA to sign a legally binding agreement to make to the subway system accessible to ALL. Then proceed into Judge Hagler’s court room for 10am hearing.
Who: The People’s MTA, Rise and Resist’s Elevator Action Group, Disabled in Action, The Peoples Power Assemblies NYC
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2220096454950166/
Disability Rights Advocates (DRA):
https://dralegal.org/case/center-independence-disabled-new-york-cidny-et-al-v-new-york-city-transit-authority-nycta-et-al-ny-state-supreme-court/
Contact: media@riseandresist.org
On Wednesday, November 6 at 9am, The People’s MTA, The Elevator Action Group at Rise and Resist, Disabled In Action and The Peoples Power Assemblies NYC will hold a rally for the all-important lawsuit mandating elevators in the New York City subway.
The MTA’s recent 70-station announcement for elevator installation still leaves the system 60% inaccessible — with the elevators that do exist constantly breaking down or malfunctioning.
Plus, the announcement lacked the crucial demand from the disability rights movement: that the MTA sign a legally binding commitment to create accessible stations.
Without that, the MTA accessibility announcement could end up being another unfunded promise.
“The MTA has offered only non-binding settlements, pleading poverty,” explained Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, who uses a wheelchair and is one of the lawsuit’s plaintiffs.
“We’ve rejected those ‘trust-me’ proposals because they’re worthless. They are only words on paper until Cuomo, who controls the MTA, allows the lawyers to commit.”
