For Immediate Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Katrin Haldeman Katrin.haldeman@drny.org 518-275-1720
DRNY Files Opposition to the
City of New York’s Motion to Dismiss:
Inaccessible Sidewalks in Bronx Neighborhood 
October 6, 2022 Albany, NY – Today Disability Rights New York (DRNY) filed its opposition to the City of New York’s motion to dismiss its lawsuit that addresses the barriers people with disabilities face when navigating sidewalks, curb cuts, and crosswalks within their East Mount Eden neighborhood in the Bronx.
 
“The City of New York should be leading by example. Instead, they are intentionally shirking their responsibility to keep pedestrian pathways accessible and safe for everyone,” said DRNY Executive Director Timothy A. Clune Esq. “Consistent with their decision to allow these barriers to exist in the first place, the City is clearly not taking the path of least resistance in this case.”
 
On October 5, 2022, The Department of Justice filed a “Statement of Interest because this litigation implicates the proper interpretation and application of Title II of the ADA. As the federal agency charged with enforcement and implementation of Title II, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12133-12134, the Department of Justice has an interest in supporting the proper and uniform application of the ADA, in furthering Congress’s intent to create “clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities,” 42 U.S.C. § 12101(b)(2), and in furthering Congress’s intent to reserve a “central role” for the federal government in enforcing the standards established in the ADA. Id. § 12101(b)(3).”
 
 
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