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- Taxes and Fees to Rise $4 Billion in New York Budget
- City shortchanges one in four special ed kids, but some gains seen
- WNYC Radio: Disabled Riders Could See Big Fare Hikes
- Woman sues for 10M for being denied subway rides with dog
- New Yorkers Should Brace For Extreme Cold
- MTA Hearings, Like Subway, Overcrowded with Long Delays
- For Disabled Riders, New Bumps in the Road
- Want to work but keep your Medicaid?
- A Life Changed but Not Destroyed by Polio
- Lawyer Is Accused of Stealing Disabled People’s Assets He Was Assigned to Protect
- Change in Medicaid Rules May Pose Stark Choice for the Chronically Ill
- 1199 and Hospital Association against Patterson's cuts in nursing homes, hospitals
- Why is Health & Hospitals Assoc paying for these ads?
- Wheelchair user sues LIRR for public embarassment
- Budget Cuts Imperil Guardian Program for Elderly and Disabled By JULIE BOSMAN NYT 2/6
- How's Your News Screening concert/party at Bowery Ballroom, Manhattan
- Online petition to keep present MTA service on Upper West Side
- Ny Medicaid Mess: $45b In Spending For Just 'average' Care
- Mental Health Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Call the New York Legislature Tues
- NYC tests technology to help disabled call cabs
- Suit Progresses on Housing for Mentally Ill
- Abolish old lever voting machines? Fair or unfair-and to whom?
- New York Legal Assistance Group is investigating elevator malfunctions in NYCHA bldgs
- NYC Board of Elections public hearing on voting systems 3/4
- Blinder than thou?
- CIDNY Recieves $100K NCOA Grant
- Don't Hike Disabled Fares: Pols
- Confronting Disability With Modern Dance
- Employment Available
- MTA backtracks on huge Access-A-Ride hike
- Medicaid agenda item
- Woman Who Failed to Disclose Depression Cannot Collect UEI, Appeals Court Rules
- People Who Don't Give Up Their Seats for The Disabled
- A World of Hurt
- VESID announces the addition of eleven (11) new Special Ed Parent Technical Assistanc
- Announcement of Public Hearings on Special Education Services
- Little Theatre for the Deaf Performance and Workshop - Free!! 4/21/09
- Wheelchair-Bound Reporter Singled Out by Bloomberg, Wants an Apology
- $timulating Subway Ride
- Suit Says Faulty Elevators in Public Housing Violate Rights of Tenants
- Visible Theatre
- mixed-ability punk band takes NY: see the video!
- Access-A-Ride Customers Speak to the New York City Council
- A Hearing Test Made For The Big City
- In New York Public Housing, Some Concern Over a Wall Streeter at the Helm
- Court Upholds Cuts in Aid to Noncitizens Who Are Old, Blind or Disabled
- Summer Youth Employment Program deadline May 21
- Governor paterson announces $175 million in heal ny grants to support long-term care
- City Resists State on Voting-Machine Program
- Free Air Conditioners for NYC high risk seniors
- Access-A-Ride phones not working, service suspended
- give up your seat to the disabled or get a fine when on public transit
- NYC area subjects needed for spinal cord injury studies
- Living Skills Trainer peer mentor & emplyment trainings job oppty
- Access-A-Ride Audit Report
- Access-a-ride stranding new yorkers with disabilities at the curb
- Bloomy sez meeting needs of NYC pWDs top priority
- NYC Board of Elections to host ballot-marking device presentations b4 fall elections
- NYC Voter Guide available in alternative formats
- Housing Bias Persists, Fueled by the Internet
- Bitter routes: School buses 1½ hours late
- TLC Approves Induction Loop Technology for Voluntary Installation
- It's Lonely At The Top: World's Tallest Man Visits NYC, Wishes for Girlfriend!
- Casting out votes
- the blind wine-taster
- NY Times: Wheelchair Users Fencing Their Way, and Loving It
- Hearing Man in Deaf Role Stirs Protests in New York
- deaf girl with a pageant dream needs an interpreter to continue in Miss Pre-Teen NYC
- Autist Artist draws NYC skyline from memory, gets residency at Pratt
- New York City Now Has Its Own Billy's Law
- FOX News Questions Access-A-Ride
- Learning His Body, Learning to Dance
- Aspie Runaway Spent 11 Days in the Subways
- New Buses Bring Silence to the Streets but danger to the deaf and blind
- Access-a-Ride Programs Take A Hit In Latest MTA Budget
- Schools shortchange special needs kids, sending them home early
- Inside a home for brain-damaged youths
- Access-A-Ride takes the handicapped to gambling casino
- City Finally Poised to Give Up Lever Voting Machines
- Paratransit pickup rules to be more strictly enforced
- A Godsend, Except When It’s Not
- Dot out of control in disability parking permit program
- Dealing with the disturbed:Police a No-Show at Workshop
- New Trend: occupational therapy for kids without a dx but with handwriting issues
- Julissa Ferreras gypped disabled employee
- Disabled Fear Cuts To Van Service Will Force Them To Stay At Home
- FDNY doc who never fought fires gets 95G 'disability'
- FDR Memorial on Roosevelt Island features "monumental stairs"
- Report: Livery cars gouge wheelchair users
- City Pushes Shift for Special Education
- Housing Subsidy Has High-Profile Foe: the Mayor
- Bent, Not Broken The Challenges of Teaching Middle School In A Wheelchair
- Disabled Riders Face Devastating MTA Cuts
- DISLABELEDtv Explains Access-A-Ride Changes
- Car services stung for dissing the disabled
- Not Having Legs Doesn't Slow This NYC Teen Down
- Riding the MTA - Broken Escalators
- Deaf Mexican peddlars sell trinkets, lucky few escape and make it to American Dream
- A Struggle to Educate the Severely Disabled
- Disabled Straphangers Sue MTA Over Service Cuts
- NYC Transit changes Access-A-Ride rules, making transportation tougher for PWDs
- Need help with a reasonable modification? PLEASE CIRCULATE
- Federal Oversight for NY's troubled youth prisons
- Agency admits wheelchair-taxi program underutilized
- City Cooling Centers: Cooled Seniors Have Dance Party In Queens!
- Man known As 'Oxygen Robber' in NY dies in car crash in Maryland
- OEM & DOHMH announce cooling centers open Sun, Mon
- Disabled Athletes an Inspiration at NYC Triathlon
- Making NYC Safer for Seniors
- NYC Mayor's Office celebrated Disability Awareness Night, Award to NY Theraputic Ridi
- Impact of Cuts in Bus Service in NYC
- Cooling Assistance for People w Heat-related Medical Issues from NYC Gov't
- CIDNY suing to make Housing Court accessible to PWDs in NYC
- Video contest: how Social Security Has Made A Difference In My Life
- CIDNY hosts New Voting System Demonstration for Deaf Voters
- MTA To Be Sued For Violating Americans with Disabilities Act
- Whistleblowing Cop Sent To Psych Ward Sues
- Hip hop for the Deaf and the Def
- The Disabled Sue Left and Right over MTA cuts
- ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ Needs to Be Accessible to All – Now
- Widespread Illegal Housing Discrimination in NYC Alleged in Lawsuit
- Widespread Illegal Housing Discrimination in NYC, class action suit alleges
- World's tiniest person a big hit in the Big Apple
- Darius McCollum transit bandit arrested for 27th time, inspires Daily News reporters
- Big Cats Give Him His Tongue
- MTA investing in wheelchair-friendly SUVs
- Legislation Amends Election Law; Helps Seniors, the Disabled and Non-Drivers Get Out
- Ballot-marking devices, new-style voting to debut in tomorrow's primary elections
- City Council Approves "Silver Alerts" to help catch wandering seniors with Alzheimer'
- Joint Statement by NYC Council Re: HIV/AIDS Services Administration 30 Percent Rent C
- The Heat Wave That Changed America's History
- Voters With Disabilities Add to Complaints About Primary Election Updated
- Special needs kids plagued by late buses, forcing them to miss first class of day som
- State Senate Hearing on Optical Scan Voting Machines in the 2010 Primary Election
- Updated 10/13/2010 08:57 PM MTA To Reduce Access-A-Ride Contracts; Disability Right
- Notice to all New York City Registered Voters
- 11-year old Lion King actress dies of leukemia
- Elderly cut from food program
- New Pedestrian Plazas Are a Nightmare for the Blind
- Livery Drivers Protest Wheelchair Service Requirements
- Heidi Latsky Dance Co. Premiere
- Disabled Riders Sue City
- Much of Transit System Remains 'Out of Service' for the Disabled
- Vote on the Taxi Of Tomorrow
- Service animals must be welcomed in all tlc-licensed vehicles
- TLC Wheelchair pilot program showed small demand; pol blames lack of PR
- City to Charge for Ambulances
- New Dispatch System Proposed Offering 24/7 Accessible Service for Wheelchair Users
- City's disabled hailing $2.25 cab ride
- Pilot program to use yellow cabs in lieu of Access-A-Ride
- 25 Accessible subway elevators out of service!
- Public Advocate's report in the aftermath of blizzard
- New york city taxi and limousine commission sued by wheelchair-users
- City Council Holds First Public Hearing On Blizzard Response
- Company that manages bus shelters are giving us a snow job, pols say
- Suspensions overused as disciplinary action for special ed students
- Access-A-Ride cancellation leaves disabled stranded and outraged
- Yet another reason to sue Access-A-Ride
- Homemakers' unhappy future
- Taxi of tomorrow survey winner receives a year’s worth of free cab rides!
- The Rumbler, a police siren that can be felt
- Machines Get High Marks, If Used!
- Wheelchair softball: Nothing soft but the ball!
- Straphangers get shafted by lousy elevator that's been stuck 5 times in three months
- A devastating loss reshapes two lives!
- Help Disabled In Action find stories about experiences of PWDs on 9/11 at the WTC
- Taxi drivers will face steeper fines for refusing passengers
- Lever machines should not be used in local elections!
- Hey, taxi! Turkish automaker says it will build cabs in Brooklyn
- City to Revise Treatment of Children in Foster Care
- Public advocate de blasio and arise coalition kick off "students with disabilities mo
- New Bill Could Make Wheelchair Cab The Taxi Of Tomorrow
- Special Education muckraker dies
- Help Save the Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged: Reception 4/28
- Sprout Film Festival, w. captioned version of Willowbrook exposé, April 29 - May 1
- Roosevelt Island Memorial To Show FDR In A Wheelchair
- City flubs $600M special-ed fed funding
- Tlc releases rfp for new accessible dispatch system
- Required forms for Special Ed in NYC Public Schools available on-line
- Job opportunities & internships in all 5 boroughs for teens & young adults
- Pol introduces bill to keep the cuffs off schoolkids under 12 years old
- Taxi of Tomorrow: A Lost Chance to Make History
- Special Needs Programs Shut Down Following State Cuts
- Ailing 9/11 heroes will soon get their piece of $712 million settlement with New York
- Taxi of Tomorrow: New York City didn't want to hear about wheelchair accessible cabs
- Karsan to continue with a plan to sell its taxi model despite losing NYC bid
- Pettiness, jealousy and lost opportunity in the Taxi Of Tomorrow selection process
- Hearing on wheelchair-accessible NYC taxi today
- City Launches Prescription Drug Discount Card
- Students w learning & social disabilities gain confidence rowing Harlem River
- WC Users win when Fed Judge refuses TLC's request to dismiss WC ACC taxi suit!
- Suit Asking City to Make All Cabs Wheelchair Accessible Moves Forward
- City plans to save money by increasing class sizes for special education kids
- Understanding the New IEP Form: Information for Families
- NYC Opens Cooling Centers June 8 & 9
- Ban on Hearing Aids Is Forcing Out Veteran New York City Police Officers
- Bone disease can't stop Karl Nguyen but NY's lack of handicapped-accessible cabs did
- KEEP THE LIGHTS ON: Feature Film Seeks Actress in a Wheelchair
- Free air conditioners available
- Girlfriend
- The Fight For Accessible Taxis In New York City By Robert C. Samuels
- Livery cab fare-hail expansion won't help disabled: advocate
- DNAinfo Ride-Along Finds Wheelchair Users Stuck on Subway
- Concerns Persist Over Child Welfare Cases Involving Mental Health
- DOE answers parents' busing questions
- Crain's: Taxi plan panned as ‘Trojan Horse'
- Access-A-Ride & Hurricane Irene
- request for professional volunteers from NYC DOHMH NAMI-NYC Metro group cancellation
- United Spinal Association Secures Judgment Ordering Port Authority to Make PATH Train
- New Model NYC Cabs Being Built For Wheelchair Users
- For Blind New Yorkers a different, and complex, relationship with technology
- Top NYC Restaurants To Be Reviewed for ADA compliane
- Nyc oem sez fema & nys will open disaster recovery centers in bklyn, bx, qns, & si
- Fed lawsuit alleges NYC mayor discriminated against PWDs in emergency planning
- Rikers Island Struggles With Record Mental Illness Numbers
- Statement from governor cuomo on today?s protest related to the city's taxi plan
- Advocates For Wheelchair Users Fight Livery Bill
- Fdny and yai network unveil new fire safety education dvd aimed at people with dd
- Taxis Must Accommodate Wheelchairs, U.S. Attorney Says, Supporting Advocates’ Suit
- Bloomberg speaks in favor of cabs too small for wheelchairs
- Bob Cunningham, LD Innovator, Nominated for Prestigious Game Changer Award
- Induction loops installed in NYC Transit System, public areas
- Mayor Bloomberg must make the city's taxis 100% wheelchair-accessible
- Blind Cyclists On Their Way In 24-Hour Relay Across NYC
- NY Center For Law And Justice Helps Reunite Deaf Woman With Children
- Justice for the disabled: Taxis are for everyone
- 2011 Roosevelt Awards
- A new taxi fleet accessible to the disabled? Noble goal, but very bad idea — it simpl
- City To Pay $70M After Settling Federal Medicaid Suit
- Second Chance Roll-in to show Taxi of Tomorrow is not WC accessible!
- Wheelchair Users Stage 'Roll-In' Protest Against 'Taxi of Tomorrow' November 3, 2011
- Governor Cuomo's Non-Statement on the Taxi Crisis
- The first lady of NYC sports: Kennedy excels despite learning disability
- Alex Zanardi wins Handcycle Division at NYC Marathon
- Directions with and without an induction loop.
- HopStop Subway App Aimed At Wheelchair And Stroller Users
- Barriers Keep Many Disabled New Yorkers Trapped in Poverty
- Cops can't figure out how to arrest woman in wheelchair
- Bound by Love and Disability, and Keeping a Vow Until the End
- Contingency Plans for Possible Yellow Bus Strike for Students WDS!
- The Myth of Walking-Bloomberg's anti-wheelchair bias betrayed
- New York City Claims No Obligation to Provide Wheelchair Accessible Taxis
- NYC's wheelchair basketball tournament largest in Northeast
- Disabilities Commissioner Matthew Sapolin Dies at 41
- French Restaurant Offering Blindness Experience Wants to Open NY Location
- Cuomo will veto bill to allow livery cabs to pick up street hails unless it is amende
- Wireless Emergency Alert System test
- New @TaxisForAll.com: Edith on WOR, Provisions & Press
- Nowhere to Go, Patients Linger in Hospitals, at a High Cost
- 4th annual Reelabilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival to be Feb. 9-14, 2012
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