A public housing complex in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that lost power during Sandy.

During Disasters, Does New York Abandon the Disabled?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 13, 2013

A federal judge ruled that the city violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by having inadequate disaster response. Susan Dooha, executive director of the Center for the Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY) and Eric Klinenberg, NYU sociologist and author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, discuss the ruling and possible remedies.

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