Before proceeding with today’s blog entry, I want to wish everyone celebrating a happy new year. I realize that my blog entry is late this week, but I have a good reason for it. We got back from parents weekend last Sunday, then had to deal with Helene damage, which fortunately was not anything that
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New York City taxi licensing regulations redux
By William Goren on
I previously blogged (if you want to read this particular blog entry in context, you will find the original blog entry plus what appears here at that link), about a decision whereby a District Court throughout the New York City regulations with respect to the number of accessible taxis that are required in violation of…
The ADA, The rehabilitation act, and the ministerial exception
By William Goren on
Posted in Federal Cases, Title I
This blog entry asks the question as to what is the status of the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act with respect to employees that work for religious institutions. Recently, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, 132 S. Ct. 694 (2012). In that case,…
Licensing regulations and the Americans With Disabilities Act
By William Goren on
Posted in Title II
Recently, the New York Times reported that a federal judge ruled that the city of New York must start approving taxi medallions so that more taxis were wheelchair accessible. After reading the article, I decided to go to the case itself, Noel V. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, 2011 WL 6747466 (S.D.…