October 17, 2014: Notice of settlement in emergency prep case (Click here)
October 17, 2014: Full settlement document (Click here)
Emergency Preparedness Lawsuit Media Coverage:
Mediator Named in Suit Over City’s Plans to Make Arrangements for People with Disabilities During Disasters (NY Daily News)
December 3, 2013
New York City Advocates Win Historic Federal Lawsuit Over Emergency Planning Deficiencies (gurguicalsystemsadvocate)
December 1, 2013
During Disasters, Does New York Abandon the Disabled? (WNYC – The Brian Lehrer Show)
November 13, 2013
CIDNY Applauds Court’s Judgement That NYC Needs to Address the Needs of People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning (Media Dis&Dat)
November 9, 2013
November 9, 2013
Disabled Left Behind in NYC’s Emergency Plans (Courthouse News)
November 8, 2013
New York City Doesn’t Care About Disabled People During the Storm (New York Magazine)
November 8, 2013
November 8, 2013
Judge Rules That the City has no Adequate Plans for Evacuating Vulnerable if Disaster Strikes (Sheepshead Bites)
November 8, 2013
Failing to Provide Appropriate Emergency Evacuation Solutions for the Disabled Violates Rights (Utica Observed Dispatch)
November 8, 2013
November 8, 2013
NYC Not Prepared to Evacuate Disabled Residents (The New York Post)
November 8, 2013
November 8, 2013
Federal Judge: New York City’s Disaster Plan Discriminates Against Against People with Disabilities (The Village Voice)
November 8, 2013
November 8, 2013
November 8, 2013
Judge: NYC Doesn’t Protect Disabled in Emergencies (WSJ)
November 8, 2013
NYC Disaster Plan Failed in Protecting Disabled During Emergency: Judge (The Huffington Post)
November 8, 2013
November 8, 2013
Federal Judge: NYC’s Evacuation Plans Fail to Ensure that People with Disabilities can Flee (Washington Post)
November 7, 2013
Judge Flunks NYC in Disaster Plans for Disabled (The Boston Globe)
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
Ruling NYC Failed in Sandy Planning for 900,000 With Disabilities (Public News Service)
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
Judge Rules City Fails To Meet Needs of Disabled During Emergencies (NY1)
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
New York’s Emergency Plans Violate Disabilities Act, Judge Says (New York Times)
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
Shelter From the Storms (New York Times)
October 27, 2013
October 16, 2013
When Disaster and Disability Converge (Inter Press Service)
August 1, 2013
DOJ Says NYC Not Ready to Protect Disabled in Disasters (Public News Service)
May 14, 2013
Storm Plans for Disabled are Inadequate, U.S. Says (New York Times)
May 10, 2013
Hurricane Sandy Lawsuit Testimony Ends (New Mobility)
April 1, 2013
City: Planning for Disasters Not Just Government Responsibility (Survival Help Center)
March 12, 2013
Suit Claims Disabled Citizens are Left Out of City’s Disaster Plans (Daily News)
March 11, 2013
Officials Testify No Disaster Plans for Disabled (WNYC)
March 19, 2013
Advocates for the Disabled Seek Outside Law Expert to Examine NYC Disaster-Response Procedures (The New York Law Journal)
March 12, 2013
New Yorkers with Disabilities Neglected in City’s Emergency Planning (Disability Rights Advocates)