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ABRAHAMS v. MTA LONG ISLAND BUS

Docket Nos. 10-2058-cv, 10-2190-cv.

644 F.3d 110 (2011)

Danny ABRAHAMS, Anthony Celardo, Kevin Christman, Lauren Epstein, Meryl Jackelow, Evan Skidmore, David Tindal, Lee Wolbrum, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MTA LONG ISLAND BUS, Defendant-Appellee. Pablo Cruz, Maureen Hartnett, Joel Steele, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nassau County, MTA Long Island Bus, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 5, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Schonfeld , Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP, Garden City, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Danny Abrahams, Anthony Celardo, Kevin Christman, Lauren Epstein, Meryl Jackelow, Evan Skidmore, David Tindal, and Lee Wolbrum.

Robert R. Briglio , Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc., Islandia, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Pablo Cruz, Joel Steele, and Maureen Hartnett.

Helene Fromm , Deputy General Counsel ( Shawn M. Friedman , Peter Sistrom, of counsel, on the brief), Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee MTA Long Island Bus.

Before: SACK, B.D. PARKER, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals address issues relating to a municipality's obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., when paratransit services beyond those required by the ADA are reduced. Paratransit services are public transportation services for disabled users. In both Abrahams v. MTA Long Island Bus and Cruz v. Nassau County, plaintiffs sued defendants Nassau...

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