DISABLED IN ACTION v. CITY OF NEW YORK

16-CV-08354 (VEC).

437 F.Supp.3d 298 (2020)

DISABLED IN ACTION, a nonprofit organization, Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, a nonprofit organization, Paula Wolff, an individual, Jean Ryan, an individual, Edith Prentiss, an individual, and Dustin Jones, an individual, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, New York City Police Department, and James O'Neill, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed February 4, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 12131
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 12131 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Nature of Suit: 446 Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darin P. McAtee , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Michelle Anne Caiola , Seth Emmanuel Packrone , Rebecca Juliet Rodgers , Disabilities Right Advocates, New York, NY, Meredith Weaver , Disability Rights Advocates, Berkeley, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Stephen Edward Kitzinger , New York City Law Depart. Office of the Corporation Counsel, Carolyn Elizabeth Kruk , Mark Galen Toews , NYC Law Department, New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

In the thirty years since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the City of New York and NYC Police Department ("NYPD") have made little progress eliminating physical barriers to access to NYPD's police stations. Although NYPD is committed to protecting...

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