by NY1 NEWS MANHATTAN
Between the delays, the overcrowding, and the other issues, New Yorkers are frustrated with their transit system.
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Transit President Andy Byford says improving accessibility is one of his top priorities for the city's subways and buses.
To that end, he's appointed the MTA's very first Accessibility Chief, Alex Elegudin.
by ROMA TORRE NEW YORK CITY
Whether it's skydiving, water skiing, or boxing, Alex Elegudin and Yannick Benjamin help New Yorkers with disabilities put their lives back in motion.
It’s what they did for each other more than a decade ago after separate car accidents.
"We happened to be roommates in the rehab unit in Mount Sinai," says Elegudin....
Independence Care System (ICS)
A man with a spinal cord injury had been a nursing home for 15 years. When disability rights advocate Alex Elegudin asked why he hadn't gotten out, he responded that he'd been told that for quadriplegia "there is no such thing as 24 hour home care." Independence Care System (ICS) changed that - now he's living life in the community!
Independence Care System (ICS)
Wheeling Forward’s Alex Elegudin spent 2 years working to make NYC taxis more accessible. Read what he has to say about that, as well as the organization he founded, advocacy and disability rights on the blog NOW at http://bit.ly/draae18.
by SPECTRUM NEWS NY1 NEW YORK CITY
The MTA appointed its first-ever accessibility chief.
Alex Elegudin officially begins next week.
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