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A group of about 14 people, some in wheelchairs and scooters, are standing around Councilwoman Margarita Lopez at a podium that holds one microphone. Lopez looks to her left side (our right side). Most of the people in the group are holding up pieces of paper stating names of cities such as “BUFFALO”, “LOS ANGELES”, “WEST PALM BEACH”, “BALTIMORE”, “LAS VEGAS”, “BATON ROUGE”, “DENVER”, “SAN FRANCISCO”, and “SAN ANTONIO”.
Photo by Karl Crutchfield
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Protesters walk (and ride in wheelchairs and scooters) from City Hall Park heading to the offices of the Human Rights Commission on March 13, 2003.
A woman in a dark brown leather jacket sitting in a wheelchair in the lobby of the Human Rights Commission looks to her left (our right) and holds a blue and white plastic cup full of coffee in her left hand while holding a sign in her right hand that reads ACCESS-A-RIDE IS A THIRD MODE OF MASS TRANSIT. IT’S OUR CIVIL RIGHT! DISABLED IN ACTION. Her right hand covers the word ACCESS on the sign.
The front glass door of the Human Rights Commission office with white text on the glass reading CITY OF NEW YORK MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG MAYOR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PATRICIA L. GATLING COMMISSIONER with the New York City government logo traced in white underneath the words. At the front door is Michael Imperiale in a white parka sitting in his wheelchair and looking in the office.
Photos by Philip Bennett
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A group of people (some in wheelchairs and some standing) are seen at the press conference holding some signs reading “WE ARE TIRED OF FALSE PROMISES!”
, “COST PER TRIP: BOSTON $24, NYC $54!”
, “NO MORE STRESS-A-RIDE”
, and “INVESTIGATE ACCESS-A-RIDE NOW!…”
(some parts of the sign too small to be legible).
Outside of City Hall on March 13, 2003, a group of people, some standing and some sitting in wheelchairs and scooters, surrounds Councilwoman Margarita Lopez holding a piece of paper. Most of the people in the group are holding up signs such as “REVAMP ACCESS-A-RIDE NOW”
, “CHILDREN CAN TOO RIDE ACCESS-A-RIDE!”
, “DISABLED IN ACTION”
, and “Bad Service! Access-A-Ride Stinks! Riders Won’t Take It Anymore”
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A male Access-A-Ride user, with dark brown hair and in a navy blue trench coat, talks about unsafe vans at a press conference. At the podium in front of the speaker is the New York City government logo in an orange and purple circle and a microphone representing Crosswalks Television Channel 74. Several people are seen standing behind the man, including Councilwoman Margarita Lopez. Some of the signs held behind the man read “TOTALLY RESTRUCTURE ACCESS-A-RIDE NOW! DISABLED IN ACTION”
, and (partially seen at the upper left corner of the picture) “ACCESS-A-RIDE – EQUAL ACCESS IS THE LAW”
(with cartoons of two people in wheelchairs surrounding the words).
A gentleman wearing a black knit hat, dark sunglasses, a black leather jacket and a white collared shirt speaks at the podium in front of City Hall. At the podium holds the New York City government logo in an orange and purple circle and a microphone representing Crosswalks Television Channel 74. To the right of the man is Councilwoman Margarita Lopez wearing a blue parka and pushing the hair behind her right ear. Several other people are standing behind the man speaking including a female senior citizen in red glasses and a black jacket who holds up a sign reading “TOTALLY RESTRUCTURE ACCESS-A-RIDE NOW! DISABLED IN ACTION”
Some people surround a man wearing glasses, a dark blue baseball cap bearing the red and orange Fire Department of New York City logo, and a light gray snap-button jacket reading “NEW YORK” in block letters with a wavy line underneath the words “NEW YORK”. The man holds up a sign reading “CHILDREN CAN TOO RIDE ACCESS-A-RIDE!” while speaking behind the podium holding the New York City government logo in an orange and purple circle and a microphone representing Crosswalks Television Channel 74. Behind the man is Councilwoman Margarita Lopez wearing a blue parka. Behind Lopez is a woman, wearing a black hat and coat, holding up a sign reading “9,000 RIDES SCHEDULED BUT HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY GIVEN? DISABLED IN ACTION”
Councilwoman Margarita Lopez is seen speaking at the press conference in front of City Hall surrounded by fellow protesters standing as well as in wheelchairs while most are holding up various signs protesting Access-A-Ride.
Photos by Philip Bennett
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A group of about 20 wheelchair users and standees is demonstrating next to a set of ferry steps.
Photo: Philip Bennett
Pictured is a flight of about 7 big steps at the dock going up to a ferry.
Photo: John Gresham
Alexander Wood (pictured center) encounters a ramp that is four inches higher than the level he is on with his wheelchair.
Photo: Philip Bennett
A nondisabled passenger walks up two steps into the ferry.
Photo: Anne Emerman
Margarita Lopez, a politician, is standing with a group of people with disabilities while she passionately talks about the inaccessibility of the ferries
Photo: Anne Emerman
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A group of about a dozen DIA members who use wheelchairs, scooters, or who are standing, are in a circle.
Luda, a female wheelchair user, is giving out flyers with her right hand. In her left hand, she holds a big sign reading “Barriers to Access Are Most Disabling – Enforce ADA Rights – Equal Access for All!!! To All Forms of Transportation”
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Massi (pictured center) and LaSpina (right), along with other protesters, are in wheelchairs in the street with white tape on each of their laps.
Photo: Tom Olin
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Michael (pictured left) is on a scooter and holding up a sign reading “MTA: Fix Access-A-Ride Now! No More Stranded Riders. No More 4 Hour Waits. Just Fix It!”
at the demonstration. Next to him is Stacy in a wheelchair with her service dog, Lucky. Both Stacy and Lucky have signs. Lucky’s sign says “Access-A-Ride is inhumane.”
Antoinette is holding her colorful sign that says it all: “Stress-a-Ride!”
Antoinette uses a scooter.
Pamela is looking at us and holding a sign that says, “MTA, fix Access-A-Ride. Peter Kalikow and Lawrence Reuter – Meet with us! No More Late Pick-Ups! No More Stranded Riders!”
Her sign also tells the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to meet with us and to stop picking people up late or stranding them.
Simi Linton, a disability rights consultant, author, and teacher, is facing us and smiling. She uses a wheelchair. In the background are demonstrators at the Access-A-Ride demonstration on April 30, 2002, at MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) headquarters.
Photos: Jean Ryan
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Twenty adults of different ages and races, most in wheelchairs and scooters, but some also standing, are facing each other in a layered circle outside a modern building. Some of them have signs. In the background, there is a bored-looking policeman with his arm across his chest. The people look like they are waiting for something.
Photo by Rolando Alvarez
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This photo was taken from inside a meeting room looking toward the door. Blocking the doorway are 2 people in power wheelchairs. The woman is carrying a sign that says, “Rolling Back Access ten percent”
and the sign also has a smiley face on it. In the foreground on the right side, another woman is facing the photographer with a sign that says, “Ten percent is Pity.”
Four other people of various ages and races are near her. One man is wearing a tie, and the others are casually dressed. One person is holding up a sign that says, “Another step backwards.”
That person is wearing an ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) T-shirt. Someone on the left has a sign that says, “Access is a Civil Right.”
Although the doorway is wide, no one can pass through it because of the wheelchairs. Just on the other side of the two people blocking the door with their chairs are a man and a woman talking. The man is wearing an ADAPT T-shirt.
In back of them are 3 State Troopers and a man in a suit who are looking into the room. Another man in a suit is looking in another direction.
Photo by U-Wen Wong
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“I WILL GIVE YOU MONEY TO GO ELSEWHERE”(with the word MONEY non-present; a United States dollar bill in its place), and
“THIS STORE BREAKS THE LAW”.
“WE ARE P.O.ed AT THE PO! NYC DIA“. (We are pissed off at the Post Office! New York City Disabled In Action.)
“ONE STEP IS ONE TOO MANY!! DIA of NYC“(Disabled In Action of New York City).
“FREEDOM – NOT PITY”and
“THE TELETHON MISINFORMS THE PUBLIC”.
“HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT. NO MORE TELETHONS!”. An older female protester, wearing sunglasses with a blue jacket, a white shirt and jeans, also stands and holds a sign reading
“EQUAL RIGHTS NOT HAND OUTS”.
