During her tenure as Taxi and Limousine Chair, Meera Joshi kept her door open to the disability community and, in time, pushed for more wheelchair-accessibility in the face of fierce… read more →
Author Archive | Joe Rappaport
BCID at City Council: Fast Forward plan good on paper but “we know the MTA’s history too well”
Testimony of Yesenia Torres and Valerie Joseph, Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled before the City Council Transportation Committee Oversight hearing on Fast Forward December 4, 2018 Thank you… read more →
City of New York news release: Mayor de Blasio, City Council, Advocates Celebrate Passage of For-Hire Vehicles Legislation
“Uber, Lyft and other for-hire companies now have a choice: They can kvetch about this common-sense rule or they can start putting wheelchair-accessible vehicles on the road. We will continue… read more →
Disability groups/Straphangers: Cap bill won’t strand New Yorkers — that’s what Uber does
Taxis for All Campaign: Members include Bronx Independent Living Services • Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled • Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York • Disabled In Action… read more →
BCID and other activists rally as MTA shuts 72nd Street station for renovation without plans to make the station accessible
May 14 — BCID joined a rally last week with Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, TransitCenter, CIDNY and the United Spinal Association, among other groups, protesting the MTA’s decision to shut… read more →