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MTA’s New OMNY Tap-and-Go Fare Setup Leaves Disabled Subway Riders Waiting

Oct. 25, 2020, 7:00 p.m.Oct. 26, 2020, 10:48 a.m.

The less payment system is supposed to be in place at all stations by Dec. 31. But it won’t be available for another year to commuters who use wheelchairs.

Homeless Shelter Staff Mistakenly Trash Immigrant Athlete’s Wheelchairs

July 28, 2020, 8:16 p.m.July 29, 2020, 6:34 a.m.

Saheed Adebayo Aare says he was placed in an inaccessible hotel. When he returned to Wards Island, two wheelchairs — including one for tennis — were gone.

Roosevelt Island’s FDR Park Moves Towards Wheelchair Accessibility

July 27, 2020, 9:37 p.m.July 28, 2020, 10:36 a.m.

Funding is set and bids are coming for a long-delayed platform lift at the step-laden park dedicated to the only U.S. president to use a wheelchair in office.

MTA Could Make Many More Subway Stations Accessible, Study Finds

Feb. 20, 2020, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

The first part of a nearly $18 million review obtained by THE CITY concludes that most of the 100 stops surveyed can be retrofitted with elevators.

In Queens Courts, Unequal Access to Justice Starts at the Stairs

Feb. 19, 2020, 4:10 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

A dispute over who’s supposed to operate a mechanized lift presents a barrier at one courthouse. We found more obstacles at other legal facilities.

MTA Plan Calls for More Accessible Subway Stations

Sept. 16, 2019, 8:26 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

A $51 billion proposal revealed Monday calls for making another 66 stations accessible, via elevators and ramps. That’s up from 50 — out of 472.

City Nearly Two Years Late on Making 60 Evacuation Shelters Accessible

July 30, 2019, 4:15 a.m.Oct. 28, 2022, 2:39 p.m.

The de Blasio istration promised to be ready by September 2017 to accommodate people with disabilities during disasters. New deadline: January.

City Promises Wheelchair Ramps on Every Corner

July 23, 2019, 1:54 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

All 162,000 street corners in New York will be accessible within 15 years as part of a settlement to a federal suit. A monitor will oversee the work.