The Issue: The Justice Department’s push to have all new city cabs made wheelchair-ready.

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The Post gives the impression that the Department of Justice is unduly interfering in New York City affairs by requiring all new taxis to be built to accommodate wheelchairs (“Holder’s Hack Job,” Editorial, Oct. 24).

I think the DOJ is admirably doing its job by protecting the rights of the disabled and enforcing the Americans With Disabilities Act.

New York seems more interested in cutting costs than in protecting and promoting the rights of the disabled.

Kenneth Zimmerman

Huntington Beach, Calif.

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I’m delighted Attorney General Eric Holder saw fit to weigh in on the accessible taxi issue.

The taxi-dispatch program didn’t help people when they were late for an appointment, when their bus broke down on the way to work or when they wanted to be out on the town, like any New Yorker.

When they could get a ride, they often had to wait an hour or more for it to arrive. Even then, people very seldom got a ride, and often they didn’t even get a call back. People didn’t call because the system didn’t work.

Why should anyone assume that a new dispatch system will work?

And when will we be done with the idea that separate is equal?

Susan Dooha

Executive Director

Center for

Independence of

the Disabled

Manhattan

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The Justice Department is supporting a lawsuit already brought by people with disabilities. This is not a new fight picked by Holder.

The mentioning of Solyndra and Holder’s “Fast and Furious” scandal in an editorial dismissing wheelchair users’ rights is a cheap shot.

James Weisman

SVP

United Spine

Association

East Elmurst