NYC Courthouses Inaccessible for Disabled People

A new report has found numerous problems with New York City courthouses that make them inaccessible or unduly difficult to navigate for disabled people.

Attorneys who represent the disabled identified design flaws at courthouses and detention pens in all five boroughs, a lack of proper signage and ineffective makeshift solutions.

The review by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest was provided to The Associated Press ahead of its release Tuesday.

The report found makeshift criminal court proceedings for Staten Island defendants in wheelchairs take place on the first floor because there's no elevator to the second floor courtroom.

In other cases, detainees in Manhattan have been carried down stairs to be booked and processed.

City Councilman Rory Lancman says he's working on a bill to require annual accessibility audits.