Advocates for transit accessibility rallied outside MTA headquarters, protesting elevator maintenance issues and a long-running lawsuit aimed at improving compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Despite the MTA's progress, including 97.6% operational elevators, protestors expressed frustration over inadequate functioning elevators, which hinder the movement of individuals with disabilities and others. The MTA is working to increase accessibility by adding elevators to new stations in its 2025-29 Capital Plan amidst ongoing funding negotiations with state officials.
...The protest, led by members from Disabled In Action Metropolitan NY and the Elevator Action Group, has a nearly eight-year federal lawsuit against the MTA to ensure elevator maintenance throughout the system in order to bring the subways fully into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
You miss your meetings. You miss seeing your friends. You're like an hour late. It's horribly inefficient...there's plenty of people who have arthritis, are tired, who have a little kid with them.
...97.6% of the elevators within the subway system are operational...the MTA plans to add elevators to more subway stations in the 2025-29 Five-Year Capital Plan.
...We've laid out 43 stations that we plan to make accessible in this next capital plan, and that is all in addition to the current maintenance efforts.
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