ADA lawsuit abuse has been steadily increasing in New York.

We are here to stop it.

Federal ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits 2018-2022. graph. New York highest each year
ADA title III lawsuits by industry chart
“New York federal courts continued to be bombarded with ADA website accessibility lawsuits, totaling 2,560 lawsuits in 2022 (continuing an upward trend from 2,074 in 2021, 1,694 in 2020, 1,354 in 2019, and 1,564 in 2018).”
— Kristina M. Launey & Minh N. Vu, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP. (January 23, 2023)
“These are cut-and-paste lawsuits that are not about accessibility but about making money.”
— Tom Stebbins, Executive Director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York.
Plaintiff for hire. New York Times article reference
“If the past is any indication, lawsuits concerning physical access barriers at public accommodations facilities will continue to be the most common type of ADA Title III lawsuit [in 2023]. Hotels, shopping centers, restaurants, and retail stores continue to be the most popular targets, particularly for those serial plaintiffs.”
— Minh Vu, Seyfarth Shaw
“Stuart Finkelstein, a practicing attorney, appeared to be advocating on his clients’ behalf by allegedly filing lawsuits claiming they were unable to access public establishments due to ADA noncompliance. This was false. Not only did he allegedly fabricate the underlying facts of the lawsuits – the victims never actually tried to access the establishments – Finkelstein stole their identities and didn’t even represent them as an attorney”
— U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman