The spending is the latest effort by transit officials to make New York's transit networks accessible to riders with disabilities.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.The MTA is moving forward with more than $1 billion worth of accessibility upgrades. It's the latest step in the agency’s recent commitment to build more elevators and ramps.
Stations where officials plan to add new elevators include Woodhaven Boulevard in the Bronx and Rockaway Boulevard in Queens. The elevator replacements in the contract include those to both the underground and elevated platforms at 161st Street-Yankee Stadium, as well as ones that connect to subway platforms at Penn Station.
Joe Rappaport, executive director of the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, was one of several plaintiffs who sued the MTA as part of those lawsuits. He was carefully optimistic about the incoming contracts. But accessibility advocates said they still worry the agency isn’t being clear about the details in the incoming contracts, particularly why the planned work is so expensive.
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