Class Action Suit to Compel Information on Public Welfare Benefits to be Accessible to the Visually Impaired

Drinker Biddle & Reath partnered with the National Center for Law and Economic Justice to represent a class of blind and seriously visually impaired individuals to sue the New York City Human Resources Administration, the New York State Office of Temporary Disability Assistance (OTDA), the New York State Department of Health, and the Commissioners of these agencies for being denied their right to receive Medicaid and Food Stamps benefits information in formats that are accessible to them.