Help Keep NYC Streets Accessible

Disability Rights Advocates want to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to New York City sidewalks. You can help. Disability Rights Advocates, a non-profit legal center dedicated to securing the civil rights of people with disabilities, is researching sidewalk access barriers caused by construction sites.

If you encounter a construction site that blocks your access to the sidewalk, and there is no accessible alternative, we want to know about it!

Please send photos of:

• Any sidewalk access barriers you encounter to ADAConstructionBarriers@dralegal.org with the address of the barrier in the title of the email.
• If you cannot send us a photo, please send us a detailed description of the barrier and its location.
• Your name and contact information would also help us immensely.
  

Examples of barriers include:

• Ramps that are too steep, poorly constructed, or have a lip that prevents a wheelchair user to safely use the ramp.
• Construction sites mark dangerous areas and paths of travel in a way that people who are low vision or blind will not understand the warning.
• Objects protruding into the sidewalk may pose threats to people with vision disabilities if unmarked.

Again: if you have encountered a sidewalk barrier due to construction, we would greatly appreciate it if you could send a picture of the barrier, its location and a brief description, as well as your name and contact information to ADAConstructionBarriers@dralegal.org. Please rest assured that any and all responses will be kept confidential unless the
individual responding authorizes their release.