| Blind Man
Getting Out of Prison Faces Drop Off in
Bronx Then Bellevue Shelter He Tells SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 4 – Anthony Medina is
getting out of jail and he is
worried. On January 8 he is
scheduled to be drive to and
dropped at a probation office
on Lincoln Avenue in the South
Bronx, supposed to them report
to Bellevue Men's
Shelter. He is
blind.
On
January 4 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Vernon S.
Broderick held a lengthy
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
First,
Judge Broderick dealt with
trying to have Medina's
backpack waiting for him at
the probation office, Bronx
II.
NYS Attorney
General's Office lawyer James
Cooney said there was only so
much he could do.
Medina explained
that when he went to jail the
city's MTA was still using
token. He doesn't know how to
get a MetroCard at one of the
computers, he said. Cooney
said the government cannot pay
to have a Probation squad car
at Medina's disposal.
Medina
explained he has money to rent
an apartment, but does not
want to pay taxi (or Uber)
rates to go to all of the
appointments.
He has three
times been hit be cars, he
said, and lost his sight while
in custody. Judge
Broderick kept asking
questions, including about the
government's duty to
accomodate Medina's disability
and provide for appropriate
housing.
The case is
Medina v. NYS Division of
Parole et al., 20-cv-3763
(Broderick)
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