She was passionate — and relentless — about making the city she loved navigable for everyone. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Civil Rights and Liberties”
Priscilla Read Chenoweth, Who Won Freedom for a Stranger, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2021
She spent seven years and much of her retirement savings to prove that a teenager had been wrongly convicted of murder. Source: New York Times
N.Y. Repeals Law That Critics Say Criminalized ‘Walking While Trans’
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
The anti-loitering law was designed to discourage street prostitution, but was viewed by L.G.B.T.Q. advocates as a cudgel to harass transgender people. Source: New York Times
Connecticut Hospitals Ordered to Allow Visitors for Patients With Disabilities
By Gotham Rex on June 9, 2020
The policy change came after a civil-rights complaint said some patients during the coronavirus pandemic were being deprived “of their right to make informed decisions and provide informed consent.” Source: New York Times