ALBANY – Denying an inmate a motorized wheelchair is discriminatory under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, a federal judge has ruled.
Northern District Judge Mae D’Agostino found that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, known as DOCCS, failed to show that there were such safety risks in giving Nathaniel Wright the electric wheelchair that they outweighed his right to have the device.
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