Really, you can't make this stuff up.
The Metropolitan Opera will now be more wheelchair accessible. The opera company on Thursday settled a civil rights lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that had been brought against the Met for failure to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that it had filed, and simultaneously settled, the lawsuit against the Met.
Under the settlement, in the form of a consent decree, the Met has agreed to install additional wheelchair seating, raised letter or Braille signs and accessible drinking fountains, renovate its restrooms and concession stands and eliminate barriers to accessibility in its elevators.
An investigation was prompted by a complaint from a member of the public that the Met was not fully accessible, the United States Attorney’s office said.
How many tens of thousands of dollars spent on lawyer time on both sides over this?
Over a complaint from one member of the public?
How many millions will be spent to upgrade facilities, in order to make them available to perhaps 100 additional attendees per year after completion? How much money will end up being spent on that project? Who pays?
The Republic has been saved yet again by our Department of Justice.
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