Sent May 20, 2025
Category: Legal Correspondence / ADA Violations

Introduction

Attorney Virginia Foulkrod, a government-funded lawyer at the Hudson Valley Justice Center (HVJC), is accused of violating federal disability laws and misusing public grant funds while representing Jennifer Solomon—Marc Fishman’s ex-wife—in their ongoing Westchester custody case.

Fishman alleges that Foulkrod and HVJC, a nonprofit that receives over $1 million annually in federal and state grants, discriminated against him as a qualified disabled parent by opposing his ADA-protected communication and access accommodations. Such actions, he argues, violate U.S. Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR § 35, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), which protect disabled parents’ access to their children’s educational records.

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Full Letter Sent to HVJC Board Chair Eric Gordon

From: Marc Fishman rentdriver@gmail.com
To: egordon@kblaw.com
Cc: Rebecca Bond (USDOJ Civil Rights Unit), Yonette Scott (NYS Human Rights Commission), Office of Temporary Disabilities (NYS OTDA), Accessibility Office (Governor Hochul), Tyler Nims (NY Attorney General), Pam Bondi (USDOJ), and others
Date: May 20, 2025
Subject: Solomon v. Fishman, FU# 131794 – Disability Discrimination and Misuse of Federal Funds

Dear Hudson Valley Justice Center Board Chair Eric Gordon,

I am writing concerning disability discrimination and utilization of federal funds paid to your nonprofit to advocate against me as a qualified disabled parent.

As a disabled hearing-, vision-, and mobility-impaired parent (with occipital neuralgia, tinnitus, TMJ, and neurostimulator implants), it is illegal to restrict my access to education records for my twin 16-year-old sons, Aidan and Skye Fishman. Under FERPA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, public schools—including Mamaroneck Schools—cannot withhold records or deny access to disabled parents.

Your attorney Virginia Foulkrod has illegally used federally funded HVJC grant resources to oppose my access to school records and ADA accommodations, including disability-friendly school portals. These acts constitute civil-rights violations under federal funding agreements and DOJ ADA regulations.

I call on your organization to withdraw the proposed custody modification order (FU 131794) and educate your staff to stop discriminating against disabled parents. Please advise how you intend to rectify this and comply with federal civil-rights laws so I can protect my rights and notify appropriate agencies.

Disability rights are civil rights.

Sincerely,
Marc Fishman
Qualified and acknowledged disabled parent, Pro Se
(914) 837-3665

Enclosure: Proposed Temporary Custody Order – May 20, 2025

Cc:
Rebecca Bond (USDOJ Civil Rights Unit); Yonette Scott (NYS Human Rights Commission); Tyler Nims (NY Attorney General); Pam Bondi (USDOJ); Kimberly Buchan (Office of Governor Hochul); Tom Scapoli (Attorney for Mamaroneck Schools); Caner Demirayak (Civil Rights Attorney); Blaise Gomez (News 12); NYS Office of Disabilities; Eli Cahan (Reporter)

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Summary

Fishman’s letter urges the Hudson Valley Justice Center to investigate Foulkrod’s alleged ADA violations, withdraw the proposed custody order in Solomon v. Fishman, and ensure compliance with federal grant conditions. He further demands accountability for what he calls “the illegal use of government funding to discriminate against disabled parents.”