Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, August 3rd, 2023. This week, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Jeremiah Frei Pearson, Harriet Lowell and Representatives from Westchester Disabled On The Move in their lawsuit against the rideshare company Lyft on a lack of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles or WAV’s. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:47 — 15.4MB)Subscribe: RSSSHAPIRO:Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Over the last five years on the banks of West Plains, New York, the transportation company Lyft has been embroiled in a lawsuit …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 19th, 2022. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of Disabulletin – a segment on disability and neurodiversity issues. Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his coverage on a lawsuit against the rideshare company Lyft for the alleged lack of …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:34 — 42.0MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 12th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his conversation with Attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair accessible vehicles, or WAVs. This is the latest edition …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:30 — 11.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s Disabulletin, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his conversation with Attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair-accessible vehicles, or WAVs. Lyft officials cited a limited supply of wheelchair-accessible vehicles and driver availability as reasons why WAVs …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:24 — 8.3MB)Subscribe: RSSFive years ago, Westchester on the Move, A disability rights organization headquartered in Westchester, filed a lawsuit against transportation company Lyft, in which the organization asserted that Lyft was violating the Americans with Disabilities by not providing Wheelchair Accessible vehicles that accommodate customers with non-foldable wheelchairs. According to an …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:03 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 28th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his conversation with Attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair accessible vehicles, or WAVs. More in today’s Disabulletin. Also …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:03 — 42.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 21st, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair accessible vehicles, or WAVs. More in today’s Disabulletin. Also coming up …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:32 — 9.5MB)Subscribe: RSS Today, we continue our interview with Jeremiah Frei Pearson, the Lawyer fighting on behalf of Westchester on the Move in their lawsuit against Lyft. Since receiving his law degree from Stanford law school in 2003, Mr.Frei Pearson has sought to advocate for individuals to obtain their civil rights. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:49 — 45.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair accessible vehicles, or WAVs. More in today’s Disabulletin. Also coming up …
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