When the long-awaited Queens Public Library branch at Hunters Point opened on the shoreline smack across from the United Nations in the fall of 2019, we paid a visit to the stunning building, concluding: “the structure on the East River may be a $41 million work of art by esteemed architects, but as far as we’re concerned, those architects are idiots.” They had designed a public facility that was not accessible to people with disabilities, a clear violation of federal law, the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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After membership in the Girl Scouts of Greater New York dropped by more than half during the first year of the pandemic, local youths are flocking to the storied American institution.