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An empty subway station, managed by the MTA

Getting Back To Work, But How?

Pandemic budget woes put $51.5 billion MTA capital plan on life support

June 24, 2020

An interior shot of honeycomb-like interlocking stairs on the Vessel

Stairway to Nowhere

Department of Justice and Related reach agreement to make the Vessel more accessible

December 23, 2019

A gray building with glass cut-aways in Hunters Point

Stacks on Stacks on Stacks

Hunters Point Library is being sued over ADA violations

November 26, 2019

New York City is full of “ADA transit deserts” according to report

July 23, 2018

Inclusion in Architecture

Why are there so few disabled architects and architecture students?

June 15, 2018

LOHA, SOM, and Kevin Daly Architects collaborate on new student housing at UCSB (Bruce Damonte)

Finishing School

LOHA, SOM, and Kevin Daly Architects collaborate on new student housing at UCSB

May 1, 2018

Pictured: Protestors in San Francisco demonstrating outside the 50 UN Plaza Building in April, 1977. (Anthony Tusler)

Proposed rollback of Americans with Disabilities Act is permanently stalled

April 6, 2018

A rendering of a new subway platform under the Enhanced Station Initiative. (Courtesy the MTA)

Plastic Surgery

NYC subways get $250 million cosmetic upgrades package

February 23, 2018

Lowering the Bar

House votes to roll back Americans with Disabilities Act protections

February 16, 2018

(Courtesy Urban Mobility Lab)

Not On My Block

Residents fight subway elevators, citing terrorism concerns

January 24, 2018

$243 million later, NYC’s Department of Transportation still fails to meet ADA regulations for street curbs

August 17, 2017

Universal Design

Mayor de Blasio announces the Second Edition of the Inclusive Design Guidelines

July 6, 2017