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November 07, 2007
NYLPI'S Opportunity & Access Survey
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. (NYLPI) is a public interest law office that serves New York City residents with disabilities regarding disability-based discrimination and access issues. NYLPI has an intake line which receives thousands of complaints per year, but we want to hear from New Yorkers with disabilities who don't regularly contact us.
That is where you come in. We are reaching out to you to find out what barriers to services and to physical settings are most important to you. While we may not address each of the concerns you raise, the information you give us will help guide the policy direction of NYLPI's disability rights efforts.
For purposes of this survey please consider the following:
- Stairs;
- Heavy Doors;
- Broken elevators;
- Lack of curb cuts;
- Lack of accessible spaces; and or
- Toilet stall that are too narrow for wheelchairs or lack appropriate grab bars;
Examples of Service Access
- Failure to provide applications in Braille;
Failure to provide a Sign Language Interpreter;
Waiving a "no pets" policy to accommodate a person with a disability; and or
Providing more time to take a test
Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey.
If you have any questions about the project or about the survey, please contact Dennis Boyd at 212-244-4664 (voice); 212-244-3692 (TTY); dboyd@nylpi.org
or access@nylpi.org
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. (NYLPI)
is located at 151 West 30th Street, New York, New York 10001.
Thank you.
Posted by Nancy at November 7, 2007 08:44 AM