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NO RAMPING THIS UP

oath_nyc_office_administrative_trials_banner_nyreblog_com_.jpgHuman Rights Landlord did not violate Human Rights Law (HRL) where proposed ramp was not structurally feasible.

The Commission on Human Rights alleged that the owner of an apartment building violated the New York City Human Rights Law by failing to reasonably accommodate a disabled tenant when it denied her request to install a wheelchair access ramp. The parties agreed that due to structural constraints the stairway outside the front door to the apartment could not reasonably be modified for wheelchair accessibility.

Comm'n on Human Rights ex rel. Politis v. Marine Terrace Assocs. (in PDF) , OATH Index Nos. 1673/11 & 1674/11 (Nov. 25, 2011).

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