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Disability-access review set for LI shopping centers
By: Amy Onorato April 8, 2014 0
http://libn.com/2014/04/08/disability-access-review-set-for-li-shopping-centers/
Twenty New York shopping centers owned by national commercial real estate giant Vornado Realty Group will be re-evaluated to meet disability access standards, as part of a settlement announced today by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Under the settlement, Vornado is required to inspect and upgrade facility parking lots and garages to meet federal standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The company is expected to identify and complete the upgrades within one year and will pay an additional $70,000 in fines.
Six of Vornado’s Long Island retail locations will be inspected. Vornado sold its last Long Island mall, Broadway Mall in Hicksville, for $94 million in February.
“Ensuring access in the parking lots and garages of shopping centers is a necessary first step to ensuring that individuals with disabilities have access to the retail establishments we all depend on for goods and services,” Therese Brzezinski, director of advocacy and community policy at the Long Island Center for Independent Living, said in a statement. “This agreement places commercial landlords across the state on notice that they have important obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
The settlement is part of a broader New York State initiative to improve accessibility for the disabled, with retail chains JCPenney, Century 21, Petland Discounts and Loehmann’s participating as of 2012.
By: Amy Onorato April 8, 2014 0
http://libn.com/2014/04/08/disability-access-review-set-for-li-shopping-centers/
Twenty New York shopping centers owned by national commercial real estate giant Vornado Realty Group will be re-evaluated to meet disability access standards, as part of a settlement announced today by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Under the settlement, Vornado is required to inspect and upgrade facility parking lots and garages to meet federal standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The company is expected to identify and complete the upgrades within one year and will pay an additional $70,000 in fines.
Six of Vornado’s Long Island retail locations will be inspected. Vornado sold its last Long Island mall, Broadway Mall in Hicksville, for $94 million in February.
“Ensuring access in the parking lots and garages of shopping centers is a necessary first step to ensuring that individuals with disabilities have access to the retail establishments we all depend on for goods and services,” Therese Brzezinski, director of advocacy and community policy at the Long Island Center for Independent Living, said in a statement. “This agreement places commercial landlords across the state on notice that they have important obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
The settlement is part of a broader New York State initiative to improve accessibility for the disabled, with retail chains JCPenney, Century 21, Petland Discounts and Loehmann’s participating as of 2012.