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
Second Circuit
Did the Second Circuit really do that? Is the ADA retroactive
By William Goren on
Since the changes are so radical between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ADAAA in many ways, a question comes up as to whether those changes are retroactive to pending ADA cases where the facts occurred entirely before January of 2009. There are two U.S. Supreme Court cases out there that strongly suggest that…
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.…