U.S. Rep. Grace Meng and Council Member Shekar Krishnan led celebrations of a long-awaited ADA-compliant ramp at the Jackson Heights Post Office.

When you use a wheelchair, you may need ramps to help you access some areas of your home. But Medicare doesn’t consider these ramps medical equipment because they don’t directly treat any ...

Installing an ADA-compliant ramp would require Leifer to sacrifice 25 percent of his restaurant space, he said. So he shut Da Marcella’s doors and laid off eight employees.

I’m in my 80s and rent an apartment in a newly built development. It’s advertised as a handicap-accessible building but there’s no ramp for residents at the side entrance we use.