Edith Prentiss, Fierce Voice for New York’s Disabled, Dies at 69
Edith Prentiss, a fierce and fiery advocate for the disabled who fought to make the city she loved more navigable for everyone, died on March 16 at her home in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. She was 69. The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest, her brother Andrew Prentiss said. In 2004, the city’s taxi fleet…