NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The “vast majority” of New York City’s traffic signals violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by being inaccessible to the blind.
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the five boroughs must work to remedy the “near-total absence at the city’s signalized intersections of crossing information accessible to blind and low-vision pedestrians,” ABC7 reported, citing court filings.
A group of plaintiffs led by the American Council of the Blind previously filed a lawsuit against the city claiming it “failed to provide non-visual crossing information at the vast majority of its signalized intersections.”
Approximately 205,000 blind or low-vision people live in the five boroughs, according to the outlet.