With Uber and Lyft pushing traditional cabs out of the market, the supply of accessible cabs in NYC is on the decline.

That must have been terrible for her.  I’m glad people stopped to help!  

My two favorite cities used to be London and New York. I was fortunate to have a career that allowed me to split my time between them.

Where the hell was the emergency call box? In this day and age there’s no excuse not to have one in every elevator. ESPECIALLY if you’re rich enough to own a townhouse.

And that’s still unsafe for anyone with a stroller, wheelchair, or crutches.

Until we read another article about an elderly woman in wheel chair that got killed trying to use that thing. Then the same people clamoring for ramps at 2:1, 3:1 slopes would be flabbergasted that elevators weren’t installed.

I would prefer ramps, but cities are just not going to invest in the space needed for ramps.

They do bring up the JOVANI heckling, so I wonder if it will be part of that conversation. It was kind of addressed in the season 9 reunion, but of course she just flipped out and yelled at everyone. But yeah, Dorinda’s drunk rages to slurring meltdowns are happening...a lot and no one is safe when she gets going.

The subject of elevators in New York City subway stations has been a sore one for years with disability advocates; the city has 472 subway stations and only about one-quarter of them are accessible for people who can’t use stairs or escalators.

Not to mainsplain ramps at you, but for a ramp to be considered ADA accessible, not only must it meet a very shallow angle (1:12, so a ramp can drop 1 inch for every foot of length), but it also requires a rest stop every 30 inches of drop. Assuming that a subway stop can be multiple stories underground, an…

I don’t live in New York City, but I visit frequently and I have helped women and couples with multiple children carry a stroller up or down the stairs of the subway at least a half a dozen times.

I have been a nanny in NYC for 22 years. I have been a mom in nyc for 7. I can count on my hands the number of times people offered to help me carry the stroller up or down the stairs. 9 out of the 10 were young black men. I have lost count of the number of people who have yelled at me to hurry up or move my fat ass.

Yup.  Last winter my mom fell down the subway stairs at 53rd and Lex.  Nice people helped her and called an ambulance but she had serious concussion and a head-wound that required staples.  Scary stuff.

The thing that gives New York an edge over OC is this geographical stereotype I cling to: New York is weird and intellectual and sarcastic; LA is full of blonde bimbos. Both make for entertaining shows, but (maybe as a semi-New Yorker and full-time East Coaster) I will always take RHONY over RHOC. The NY ladies are…

I hate walking on that smooth tile when it’s wet. It’s a death trap even for the sure-footed. They have it in DC Metro stations as well.

You can have stroller ramps in regular stairs. Here an example:

a tremendous tragedy and shame. Those stairs are death traps. I see people running down and up them daily and they don’t realize that falling, just once, and hitting your head can kill you. that’s all it takes. the fact that many of the floors have that bullshit “smooth” tile in front and back vs. traction or just…

Oh man I’m with you on the Dorinda thing. She is mean and coked up and it is not funny when she drinks, nor is it entertaining. It’s tiresome to see her continue to be enabled by this show when NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING, aside from Bethenny’s one tepid conversation on the plane to PR last year.

Anyone got a guillotine?

Hmm, there must be an elevator in the White House that could prove useful, particularly in cases of man baby tantrums.