Publication Date: 2020-06-10
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Justice Judith Gische
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Michelle Caiola, Torie Atkinson and Emily Seelendfreud of counsel, Disability Rights Advocates, New York, Daniel Brown of counsel, and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, New York.
for defendant: For Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Veronique Hakim, New York City Transit Authority and Darryl C. Irick, appellants: Allan Arffa, Gregory F. Launer and Joseph P. Kolatch of counsel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York.
For City of New York, Appellant: Jeremy W. Shweder, Richard Dearing and Devin Slack of counsel, James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York.
For Amici Curiae: Sandra D. Hauser, Levon Golendukhin and Noel Y. Lee of counsel, Dentons US LLP, New York, Ruth Lowenkron and Christopher Schuyler of counsel, and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York.
Case Number: 153765/17
Disability Discrimination Suit Over Subway Stations' Accessibility Timely, Not Preempted