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New York Music Month Website Accessibility Statement

The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment is committed to ensuring its digital content is accessible to and usable by people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Our digital content is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to this accessibility standard. Compliance is not guaranteed or implied on any external links outside of this webpage, including brand and partner sites.

Full compliance to Level AA is limited due to 3rd party media content embedded on the page such as with YouTube/Video content, Social Media Feeds and content aggregated from multiple external contributors.

This website would conform WCAG 2.2 at level AA if the noted parts from uncontrolled sources were removed.

  • Feedback: We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of our digital content. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility issues by using the Website Accessibility Feedback Form. For general feedback unrelated to accessibility, please contact nymusicmonth@media.nyc.gov. 
  • Date: The NY Music Month Website Accessibility Statement was created on April 8, 2025.

Optimal Experience

https://nymusicmonth.nyc is best used with the latest version of any of the primary web browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. Our site is designed to be compatible with common assistive technologies including screen readers (e.g., JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver), speech recognition software, and alternative input devices.

https://nymusicmonth.nyc may not display optimally in Internet Explorer or older browsers.

Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessible Content

The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment has taken multiple steps to ensure the accessibility of the New York Music Month website:

Summary of Accessibility Features

This website is owned by the New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website, for example,:

  • All images and other non-text elements have alternative text associated with them
  • Navigational aids are provided on all pages. Skip navigation links have been incorporated to facilitate keyboard navigation and to bypass groups of links on a page and jump directly to main content
  • Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • A pause button has been added to disable all animations as well as an automatic detection of user preferences for reduced motion.
  • Structural markup to indicate headings and lists has been provided to aid in page comprehension
  • Forms are associated with labels and instructions on filling in forms are available to screen reader users
  • Navigate the website using a keyboard or screen reader software.

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