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Press Releases:Commissioner Sapolin Receives Corporate Achiever Award For Individuals With Disabilities - 05/21/10
Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities and the New York Yankees Celebrate Disability Awareness Night by Honoring the New York Therapeutic Riding Center - 08/04/10
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sapolin Host Reception in Honor of 20th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act - 08/10/10
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities Hosts (in pdf) - 09/15/10
NYC & Company and Sports Commission Launch New Online Resource Guide for People with Disabilities - 12/03/09
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sapolin Host Reception in Honor of 18th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act - 8/12/08
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Four Bills Promoting The Use of Clean-Air, Accessible Taxicabs And For-Hire Vechicles - 12/18/2006
Mayor Bloomberg Hosts Reception Honoring 15th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act - 8/16/2005
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Providing Rent Increase Exemption for Persons With Disabilities - 8/09/2005
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Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Making Ferries Accessible to All New Yorkers - 7/20/2005
Mayor Bloomberg and Small Business Services Commissioner Walsh Announce $795,000 Project to Renovate Bedford Stuyvesant's Restoration Plaza - 12/15/2004
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Mayor Bloomberg Hosts Reception in Honor of the Sixth Annual National Disability Mentoring Day - 10/20/2004
Commissioner Podziba and Commissioner Sapolin Announce Tandem Bike Program For People With Disabilities - 04/29/2004
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Providing Property Tax Exemptions for the Disabled - 12/22/2003
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Mayor Bloomberg Presents New York City Marathon Winners with Keys to the City - 11/03/2003
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Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Launching TLC Base Station for Livery Cabs That Can Accommodate Wheelchairs and Motorized Scooters - 10/01/2003
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Four Million Dollar Government Contract Awarded to Bronx Small Business - 07/24/2003
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Mayor Bloomberg Recognizes Disabilities Awareness Month - 04/14/2003
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel I. Klein Announce Reforms of Instruction and Services for All Special Education Students in New York City - 04/03/2003
New York City Law Department Announces Agreement to Complete Installation of Pedestrian Ramps Throughout the City (in pdf) - 09/11/2002
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Appoints Matthew P. Sapolin as Executive Director of The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities - 10/15/2002
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Other News
Disability Mentoring Day 2010
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Mayor Bloomberg, MTA Chairman and CEO Jay Walder and Council Speaker Quinn Announce Pilot to Use Yellow Cabs in Access-a-Ride Program to Lower Costs and Increase Customer Convenience
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Inclusive Design Guidelines, New York City
Access-A-Ride Conditional Eligibility Categories Revised
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Commissioner Sapolin Receives Corporate Achiever Award For Individuals With Disabilities - 5/21/2010
NYC & Company and Sports Commission Launch New Online Resource Guide for People with Disabilities - 12/3/2009
Making Things Better - Yankees celebrate Americans with Disabilities Act - 08/16/2006
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