Vets Win NYC Curb Cuts
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2002 --New York City has agreed to spend nearly $218 million over the next eight years to build curb cuts for all of the street corners in the city. The agreement comes eight years after the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, which represents thousands of wheelchair users in the city, filed a lawsuit claiming the city violated the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act by not making its 158,738 street corners accessible in a timely manner.