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Two-Year Wait for Manhattan Access-A-Ride Assessment Center Ends
Commuters wanting paratransit options have a new place for evaluations — but many say the entire process is outdated anyway. By Jose Martinez This article originally appeared in The City. NEW YORK - New Yorkers with disabilities who live in Manhattan no longer have to travel as far as the South Shore of Staten Island for Access-A-Ride eligibility screenings. The MTA on Wednesday opened the first assessment center in the borough since January 2022, when a center on West 13th Street stopped performing evaluations for new and existing paratransit users. Located at 3 Stone Street, around the corner from the transit agency’s Lower Manhattan headquarters, the new center offers screenings for people whose disabilities may restrict or prevent them from taking trains and buses. "It is very welcome,” said Tina Hansen, 64, who last month trekked from her Lower East Side home to Tottenville on Staten Island for an in-person assessment. “I wish they had done it sooner, but her
