subway accessibility

“It feels like they were just flouting the law, and they didn't take it seriously,” one lawyer said of the MTA’s historic reluctance to address accessibility issues. “And you know until their feet are put to the fire and a judge weighs in, it seems like they would continue to.”

'If we had elevators, mothers with children in strollers would not have to be climbing up and down the stairs, risking their own lives and the lives of their children.'

'I can't think straight,' her brother said.

The lawsuits contend that the MTA doesn't have enough elevators for the use of disabled riders, and the ones that exist are constantly broken down.