barriers to accessible entrances include one or more -- bariers to entryways can include one or mores to the entryway, door handles that do not meet regulations and sloping or narrowed doorways and uneven floors. so, there are several steps that a property owner needs to report to the department of building inspection in regards to their entryway. so the first step a property owner will need to do is determine whether they are a place -- they have places of public accommodation residing in their properties, or they are exempt. if they are exempt, they must submit a prescreening form to the department of building inspection by may 23, 2018. and to tell the department of building inspection why they think they're exempt. the department of building inspection will certify this. if not exempt, then the process goes into step two and step two, then the property owner must sult with a certified specialist. after the entryway is surveyed. in that survey, you will see it's to help determine what are the barriers, if any, what barriers are there at the entryway and what category they fall int

barriers to accessible entrances include one or more -- bariers to entryways can include one or more to the entryway, door handles that do not meet regulations and sloping or narrowed doorways and uneven floors. so, there are several steps that a property owner needs to report to the department of building inspection in regards to their entryway. so the first step a property owner will need to

let me close by saying as mentioned by theodore roosevelt breaking the white house color barier in 1901 when he had booker t. washington to dinner. a purely social event. now, no african-american was invited to dine at the lincoln white house but in the late summer of 1864 lincoln did invite frederick douglass to tea at the soldiers' home where the first family resided during the warmer months. in his autobiography douglass explained he declined because he had a speaking engagement that conflicted. now the historian james oaks plausibly observed there is every reason to believe that lincoln invited douglass' to the soldiers home because he valued his opinion. douglass thought lincoln was friendly to him because of the similarity in which we fought our way up, both starting at the lowest rung of the ladder. all the evidence adduced here explains why douglas called lincoln, emphatically the black man's president, the first to show respect for their rights as men and the first american president who rose above the prejudice of his times and country. thank you for your attention. [ applause