NYU says Disabilities Act does not apply to Shanghai campus

New York University says the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act does not apply to its campus in Shanghai, China, according to its legal filings in a federal discrimination case. Matthew Belanger, an NYU Shanghai professor, claims in the case before the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that he was harassed and demoted by the school after suffering a debilitating back injury. "NYU Shanghai — a registered Chinese university in Shanghai, China ... is neither a U.S. employer nor a foreign entity controlled by a U.S. employer and, therefore, is not covered under Title VII or the ADA as a matter…