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Blind Author Threatens NYPL with LawsuitA blind writer is threatening to sue the New York Public Library for discrimination, claiming the library has denied him the use of a private office because he is blind, reported the New York Times January 11. A library spokesperson said the Center for Scholars and Writers apportions private rooms for specific study projects. Ved Mehta, the author of 22 books, applied for one of the rooms after being told he will lose the office he has retained at The New Yorker when the magazine moves to new quarters this summer. Mehta was a staff writer there from 1961 to 1994. Mehta, the recipient of a MacArthur grant and two Guggenheim fellowships, charged that the library has given work space to other writers of his stature. He met with NYPL President Paul LeClerc but said the meeting had little result, although LeClerc was “sympathetic.” Posted January 18, 1999. |
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