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The article reports on lawsuits against New York City art galleries over the accessibility of websites to blind people. Topics discussed include the view that the suits are either salvos for civil rights or a way for lawyers to scrape the internet for a quick paycheck, background of the two New York lawyers who are suing the galleries, Joseph NH. Mizrahi and Jeffrey M. Gottlieb, and the statement by courts that the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to websites.

The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching new rules that would give people with disabilities greater access to tens of thousands of courtrooms, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, theaters, hotels and retail stores. The proposal would substantially update and rewrite federal standards for enforcement of the Americans With Disabilities Act, a landmark civil rights law passed with strong bipartisan support in 1990. The new rules would set more stringent requirements in many areas and address some issues for the first time, in an effort to meet the needs of an aging population and growing numbers of disabled war veterans. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]