FOR many years my wife and I have visited York before Christmas to buy presents from the excellent independent shops in the city. We also visit two or three times a year, staying in a hotel at least once during the summer. It’s also our usual practice to visit in January on my birthday, have a coffee and cake on arrival, do some shopping and then have a meal before we leave. Not this year or before Christmas. Why? I’m disabled and have to use a mobility scooter to get around. I park in a car park not on a city street, but in recognition of the severe restrictions City of York Council are imposing on its disabled residents, I will not visit York or spend one penny in the city until the matter is resolved to the satisfaction of the action group of disabled residents. I read that visitor numbers in the city have dropped by eight per cent. I wonder how many of those people are disabled and have decided to boycott the city as we are obviously not welcome. From: James Buick, Northallerton. WHY have Ministers not intervened to uphold the rights of the disabled in York? Wasn’t this supposed to be a legacy of the 2012 Paralympics? Support The Yorkshire Post and become a subscriber today. Your subscription will help us to continue to bring quality news to the people of Yorkshire. In return, you’ll see fewer ads on site, get free access to our app, receive exclusive members-only offers and access to all premium content and columns. Click here to subscribe.