BROOKLYN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF the DISABLED, a Nonprofit Organization, Bronx Independent Living Services, a Nonprofit Organization, Harlem Independent Living Center, a Nonprofit Organization, Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York a Nonprofit Organization, Disabled in Action of Metropolitan, New York a Nonprofit Organization, New York Statewide Senior Action Council, a Nonprofit Organization, Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, an Individual, Chris Pangilinan, an Individual, Dustin Jones, an Individual, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, a Public Benefit Corporation, Veronique Hakim, in Her Official Capacity as Interim Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit Authority, a Public Benefit Corporation, Darryl C. Irick, in His Official Capacity as Acting President of the New York City Transit Authority, Defendants-Appellees,
The City of New York, Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: May 18, 2021.
Decided: August 23, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stuart Seaborn , Disability Rights Advocates, Berkeley, CA ( Jelena Kolic , Disability Rights Advocates, Chicago, IL; Emily Seelenfreund , Disability Rights Advocates, New York, NY; Daniel L. Brown , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, New York, NY; on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
William A. Burck , Josef T. Ansorge , Stephen A. Broome , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Washington, DC and New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Disability Rights Network, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Darin P. McAtee , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae TransitCenter, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
A certified class of people with impaired mobility who rely on elevators to access the New York City subway system, along with six disability-rights organizations, allege that the disrepair of subway-station elevators violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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