Alex Elegudin
Alex Elegudin is a Tax Specialist responsible for individual ( Israeli and foreign employees) tax returns, payrolls, and other tax calculations in the relocation team.
Subways Suck For New Yorkers With Disabilities. This Guy Wants To Change That. As New York City takes drastic action to fix its ailing subway system, the transit network remains inaccessible to many people with disabilities.
Critics have been vocal about the subway system’s lack of elevators, incomprehensible speaker system and inconsistent communication about construction or outages, to name a few shortcomings. And it seems like the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the subway, is finally listening. The MTA appointed Alex Elegudin in June as the agency’s first-ever accessibility chief. Elegudin, who uses a motorized wheelchair, is tasked with making the subway better for people with disabilities. MTA New York City Transit Hires First-Ever Senior Advisor for Systemwide Accessibility. For the first time ever, New York City Transit will have a dedicated accessibility chief.
On Monday, NYCT President Andy Byford announced the appointment of Alex Elegudin as Senior Advisor for Systemwide Accessibility. He'll be tasked with overseeing and implementing the Fast Forward Plan initiative to expand accessibility to subway and bus customers, as well as improve Access-A-Ride service. NYers of the Week: Alex Elegudin, Yannick Benjamin Help the Disabled Speed Ahead. Our New Yorkers of the Week were bounded by life-changing accidents, but they helped each other move forward -- and today, they're using their experience to empower others to do the same.
Roma Torre filed the following report. Whether it's skydiving, water skiing, or boxing, Alex Elegudin and Yannick Benjamin help New Yorkers with disabilities put their lives back in motion. It’s what they did for each other more than a decade ago after separate car accidents. NYers of the Week: Alex Elegudin, Yannick Benjamin Help the Disabled Speed Ahead. MTA Accessibility Chief Alex Elegudin. Alex Elegudin named MTA first accessibility chief. In June, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City announced that it was hiring Alex Elegudin, an attorney, wheelchair user, long-time disability rights advocate, and New Mobility 2017 Person of the Year, as its first-ever accessibility chief.
MTA new senior adviser for systemwide accessibility Alex Elegudin, right, is congratulated by NYC Transit president Andy Byford on Monday, June 18, 2018. Marc A. Hermann, MTA New York City Transit By Seth McBride, New Mobility August 21, 2018. Alex Elegudin - Wikimedia Commons. Alex Elegudin installs elevators at New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street station. Alex Elegudin: Meet the M.T.A.’s Accessibility Chief. Wheeling Forward. Alex Elegudin Named MTA’s First Accessibility Chief. Crunchbase Profile. NYC Transit’s accessibility chief leaving MTA for Cuomo’s office - News Break. Co-founder, Board Member. Google Scholar.
New York Today: Meet the M.T.A.’s Accessibility Chief. Good morning on this damp Tuesday.
Subway and bus riders, say hello to the M.T.A.’s new accessibility chief: Alex Elegudin. He’s in charge of improving accessibility for subway and bus riders and Access-A-Ride service as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $19 billion Fast Forward Plan. New York Today: Meet the M.T.A.’s Accessibility Chief. MTA’s New Chief Accessibility Officer Doesn’t Think All Subway Stations Need Elevators. Despite a precarious financial situation going into the new year, the MTA has created a new top position: Chief Accessibility Officer, reporting directly to Chairman Pat Foye.
The new role will be filled by Quemuel Arroyo, the former head of accessibility at the NYC Department of Transportation. Former New York City Transit President Andy Byford created a similar position in 2018 with the first senior Advisor for System Wide Accessibility, and hired Alex Elegudin to report to him. NY Daily News. Who is Alex Elegudin? Alex Elegudin. Alex Elegudin. Facebook. Twitter. Category:Alex Elegudin. Alex Elegudin- Wheeling Forward. Alex Elegudin - FlorentineFilms.com/Sherman. My name is Alex Elegudin.
I run Wheeling Forward, an organization that empowers people with disabilities to achieve their goals, whatever they may be. Our organization is unique in that we take on some of the most challenging and underserved areas of need in the disability community. We work with young people in nursing homes: we provide power wheelchairs to those in need, just to give you an idea of some of the work we do. Founder of the project Wheelchair donation in Trinidad on Strikingly. Alex Elegudin- The Co-Founder of Wheeling Forward. Wheeling Forward co-founder Alex Elegudin served on this year’s NYC Mayoral Election Transportation Policy Advisory Committee.
In this role, Alex Elegudin contributed to the 2021 Mayoral Election Policy Primer and Voter Guide on Transportation, published by University Transportation Research Center (Transportation Technology Chair (UTRC) of The City College of New York. The policy primer lays out the positions of the candidates on transportation issues such as wheelchair accessible service, the Fair Fares program, commuter vans and congestion pricing. The Equity and Accessibility section explains that while New York City as a whole is reliant on public transportation, the accessibility of New York’s transit system to wheelchair lags that of many large cities. Alex Elegudin - Biography. Wheeling Forward - NYC Service. Independence Care System (ICS) - Alex Elegudin from Wheeling Forward on How a Disabled Man Escaped Institutional Life After 15 Years. Alex Elegudin - Other Works. Youtube. Accessible Dispatch Program Officially Launches in New York City. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) Accessible Dispatch Program operated by MTM officially launched with a press conference event at Brooklyn Borough Hall in Brooklyn, New York on January 24.
The Accessible Dispatch Program is the first operation of its kind, offering citywide wheelchair accessible taxi service—much like an Uber specifically for individuals with disabilities. Passengers can book trips on-demand via mobile app, text, web booking, and traditional call-in requests, and pay for their trips via cash or credit card. MTM partnered with TLC last year to expand the traditionally Manhattan-based program to all five boroughs.
MTA Accessibility Chief Alex Elegudin. Alex Elegudin named MTA first accessibility chief. Independence Care System (ICS) - Alex Elegudin from Wheeling Forward on how ICS Uses its Expertise to Serve People with Disabilities. Independence Care System (ICS) - Alex Elegudin from Wheeling Forward on How a Disabled Man Escaped Institutional Life After 15 Years. Alex Elegudin. Alex Elegudin. Youtube. Alex Elegudin's Daunting Task: Making the Subway Accessible — AIA New York. Alex Elegudin Named MTA's First Accessibility Chief - New Mobility. In June, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City announced that it was hiring Alex Elegudin, an attorney, wheelchair user, long-time disability rights advocate and New Mobility’s 2017 Person of the Year, as its first-ever accessibility chief.
With an official title of senior adviser for systemwide accessibility, Elegudin will report directly to the president of New York City Transit, Andy Byford. Elegudin is tasked with improving the accessibility of one of the largest public transit systems in the world — with a scope that includes subways, buses, above ground rail, bridges and tunnels as well as paratransit. The New York subway system alone had an estimated ridership of 1.75 billion in 2016. Elegudin acknowledges the history of inaccessibility within New York’s transit system, “People with disabilities have been left out of the conversation for a long time, meaning that the system has a long way to go in terms of being accessible,” he says. Wheeling Forward.