“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 →
Author Archive | Joe Rappaport
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 →
Artists Undeterred calls for submissions
CALL FOR ART! Please SHARE: Call for disabled artists who address disability in their work, all mediums, for the exhibition “Artists Undeterred” at the Pride Center of Staten Island, New… read more →
Cuomo bill would ban “source of income” discrimination
Gov. Cuomo today introduced legislation to outlaw discrimination based on source of income, a situation renters with disabilities know well. (Click on “read more” to reach link to the governor’s news release.) BCID… read more →