Uber Sued Over Lack of Wheelchair-Accessible Cars in NYC

(Reuters) — Uber Technologies Inc was sued on Tuesday by disability rights groups and wheelchair users accusing the ride-sharing company of violating New York City human rights laws by failing to make enough of its vehicles accessible to people with disabilities.

The proposed class-action complaint said Uber engaged in “pervasive and ongoing discrimination” because people in wheelchairs can use only a few dozen of its more than 58,000 vehicles in the city.

Given Uber’s growing popularity, this “substantially undermines” the benefits of New York City’s commitment to make half its yellow taxis wheelchair-accessible by 2020, according to the complaint filed in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

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