MTA sued over lack of discounted fares for Access-A-Ride users
“’It really makes it hard for people with a disability to be fully integrated, participating members of society,’ said Christopher Schulyer, a senior staff attorney with New York Lawyers for Public Interest Disability Justice Program, one of the lawyers representing the five plaintiffs.
The suit argues many Access-A-Ride users are living on a fixed income and, if they could ride the subway or bus, would be qualified for a half-priced MetroCard.
‘The MTA can and must stop penalizing New Yorkers for their disabilities,’ Daniel A. Ross, senior staff attorney with Mobilization for Justice Inc., another lawyer representing the plaintiffs, wrote in a statement.”