and other improvements can run the gamete from audible pedestrian signals, new crosswalks and bold outs and other features. we coordinated the safety locations with mta and dpw are planning and took this coordination and made a budget request for an in accrues in the amount of money that could support our curb ramp program. to use a scale here, it cost us around $20,000 to build a curb ram in one corner and $100,000 to build a bulb out. we wanted to be able to build some bulb outs and be able to extend and not subtract. so i will be meeting with both the department of public works and mta and the mayor's budget office to talk about that budget request that we've made and we are hoping that we'll be getting support for that. but i this i the take away really is that this city is really trying to coordinate and the city is trying to make smart decisions about how we spend our curb ramp money. that concludes my directors report. at this point i wanted to turn things over to mike alonzo because he has a brief report on some of the activities on disabilities.> hello. in january our office re

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