New York City Bar Association Podcasts -NYC Bar

Access to the web by everyone regardless of disability is its essential aspect. The Web is increasingly a prime marketplace of ideas, goods and services, and people with disabilities may not be excluded from it. Some courts and commentators, however, suggest that private sector Websites (Websites of entities designated “public accommodations” in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act) need to be accessible only if they have a “bricks and mortar” connection. A recent City Bar report demonstrated that accessibility is required regardless of “bricks and mortar”: “Website Accessibility for People with Disabilities,” available at http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/Website_Accessibility.pdf. The City Bar May 3rd program featured a real-time demonstration of Website accessibility and examples of good and not-so-good accessibility features on selected Websites.

Access to the web by everyone regardless of disability is its essential aspect. The Web is increasingly a prime marketplace of ideas, goods and services, and people with disabilities may not be excluded from it. Some courts and commentators, however, suggest that private sector Websites (Websites of entities designated “public accommodations” in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act) need to be accessible only if they have a “bricks and mortar” connection. A recent City Bar report demonstrated that accessibility is required regardless of “bricks and mortar”: “Website Accessibility for People with Disabilities,” available at http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/Website_Accessibility.pdf. The City Bar May 3rd program featured a real-time demonstration of Website accessibility and examples of good and not-so-good accessibility features on selected Websites.

Access to the web by everyone regardless of disability is its essential aspect. The Web is increasingly a prime marketplace of ideas, goods and services, and people with disabilities may not be excluded from it. Some courts and commentators, however, suggest that private sector Websites (Websites of entities designated “public accommodations” in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act) need to be accessible only if they have a “bricks and mortar” connection. A recent City Bar report demonstrated that accessibility is required regardless of “bricks and mortar”: “Website Accessibility for People with Disabilities,” available at http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/Website_Accessibility.pdf. The City Bar May 3rd program featured a real-time demonstration of Website accessibility and examples of good and not-so-good accessibility features on selected Websites.

Whether incineration and other thermal treatment technologies are viable alternatives for NYC waste, or whether NYC should recycle and compost exclusively is explored in this March 22, 2007 podcast from the New York City Bar's Environmental Law Committee

In this 12/7/06 interview, James R. Coyle, Environmental Program Manager of New York's Small Business Environmental Assistance Program, discusses the environmental resources available to small businesses; more at www.nysefc.org/home/index.asp?page=20

In this 10/5/06 Environmental Law Interview hosted by the New York City Bar, Bob Alpern explains the USEPA's decision not to require New York City to filter its drinking water.