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SASHA BLAIR-GOLDENSOHN

After years as a nondisabled commuter, Sasha Blair-Goldensohn got a firsthand education on an inconvenient truth: that New York City has one of the best subway systems in the U.S., but only if you can navigate stairs.

The idea that one of the world’s richest cities — a center of finance and trade, with more skyscrapers than one can count — couldn’t make its rapid transit system inclusive was so outrageous it spurred Blair-Goldensohn to action.