The state attorney general’s office is investigating whether some yellow taxi fleets and cabbies are breaking the law by discriminating against the disabled.

In recent months, the Civil Rights Bureau of the attorney general’s office has issued subpoenas demanding vehicle records from fleet owners and individual medallion owners who have Toyota Siennas and Ford Transit Connects in service without wheelchair ramps or lifts, according to a document reviewed by the Daily News.

The investigation comes as two pending lawsuits seek to stop the rollout of the city’s planned “Taxi of Tomorrow” in part because the vehicle selected — a Nissan NV200 — is not wheelchair accessible as currently manufactured.


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A van placed on the road after 1992 that has seating for fewer than eight passengers can’t be used as a taxicab unless it is handicapped-accessible, advocates contend, citing the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

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