Rivera describes Project Equal Access work on elevator outages

Yeah, Chironi, if I can interject just to amplify again some of the work of Project Equal Access and the PCI team, right, elevator outages, we know frequent or long-term elevator outages has

obligations, right, for reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

And so oftentimes we do go out to the sites and see, A, if there are repairs needed, how quickly those repairs can be facilitated.

If we know that this is an ongoing issue in an old building, we've advocated for apartment transfers.

We've had instances where buildings are actively doing elevator modernization, which does mean that elevators could be out for anywhere from six to 12 weeks and sometimes much longer.

And we've been able to advocate for temporary placements in other housing, hotels, or even individuals who want rent credits while they're outside of their apartment, if that's feasible.

And so we're always thinking about a robust, creative ways that we can make those individuals whole again and get to stay in their apartments for as long as possible.

I think the other area I'll just flag for, I think, interagency collaboration harkens back to something I mentioned earlier, but really thinking about

accessible design, right, for small businesses or cafes and restaurants and thinking about how we collaborate with both our agencies collaborate with with SBS to support small businesses who are interested in

in accessibility on on the front end.

I think a challenge is we've all

recognized and probably experienced with New York is even if you can make the front to a small store accessible, it's not always navigable inside.

And so there's a lot of resources that can help on the front end address that in new buildings or spaces.