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Litigation

Nov. 9, 2013

Berkeley-based legal advocacy group wins New York ruling for disabled

Berkeley-based nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates on Thursday scored a big victory in federal court for nearly 1 million people with disabilities in New York City.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Berkeley-based nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates on Thursday scored a big victory in federal court for nearly 1 million people with disabilities in New York City. A class action filed two years ago in the Southern District of New York alleged the city and its mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, failed to address the needs of people with disabilities who were caught in the melee of hurricanes Irene and Sandy, among a variety of emergen...

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