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The article focuses on a federal investigation which reveals public elementary school in New York City are not accessible for children with disabilities in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act along with views of Harry Hartfield, a spokesman for the U.S. Education Department, on it.

The United States attorney's office in Manhattan has opened an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City amounts to a violation of parts of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The investigation, revealed on Monday in letters mailed to city lawyers and owners of taxi medallions, could result in the federal government's bringing a civil case against the Taxi and Limousine Commission, which regulates which vehicles can be used as taxicabs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]