Construction Starts This Week Of $I Million Accessibility Improvements Project For Disabled People At Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park – Wheelchair Platform Lift To Be Installed At Grand Staircase And Pathway Renovations Part Of ADA Lawsuit Settlement

As reported in March 2017:

Last May , New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park , designed by architect Louis Kahn, was inaccessible to the disabled community and according to the NY Times:

… the city is withholding a permanent certificate of occupancy and hundreds of thousands of dollars in financing until the matter is resolved….

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