It's a landlord's responsibility to regularly inspect, maintain, and repair elevators in order to avoid potentially harmful elevator accidents in New York City. When landlords fail to do so, innocent tenants and guests are put at risk.Tenants who call an Ebbets Field...
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Staircase Accidents in New York City Still More Dangerous than Malfunctioning Elevators
Elevator accidents in New York City generate a lot of news because they're tragic and they tap into the innate fear that many of us have of being trapped and helpless in a little box. But that fear has actually magnified these types of accidents in our collective...
Escalator Accident in New York Leaves Worker Trapped
An MTA worker was injured in an escalator accident in Manhattan earlier this month. The man was working in the financial district when a malfunctioning escalator sent him to the hospital. An eyewitness to this terrible accident called 911 and rescue crews from...
NYC Elevator Inspectors are Failing to Protect the Public
Turns out your risk for being in an elevator accident in New York City may be higher than you think. A new report issued by NYC's comptroller shows that city-paid elevator inspectors are failing to provide an adequate service-specifically, they're performing sub-par...
Store Employee killed in Elevator Accident in Brooklyn
A tragic elevator accident in Brooklyn has claimed the life of an employee at a grocery store in Flatbush. The 62-year old man was operating a freight elevator while on the basement level when a malfunction occurred. The elevator plummeted down the shaft and crushed...
Elevator Accidents in New York City Likely to Become More Common
In the wake of several elevator accidents in New York City, safety advocates are worried that these malfunctions could become more common across the city. Thousands upon thousands of elevators in New York City's office buildings, apartments, retail stores, and subways...
Elevator Accident in Manhattan Injures Several People
Several people were injured when an elevator malfunctioned in Manhattan earlier this month. The five individuals were leaving a party at a four-story home on East 49th Street when the lift dropped an estimated four floors to the basement level. Unlike most elevator...
Two Separate Elevator Accidents in New York City injure 5 People
Several individuals were injured in elevator accidents in New York City over the past several weeks. The two separate incidents occurred in the Bronx and Manhattan, resulting in a total of five injuries between them.The first incident involved a crew of Con Ed workers...
Deadly Elevator Accident in New York City May Lead to New Laws
A deadly elevator accident in New York City on Christmas Eve has spurred NYC council members to take another look at the laws surrounding elevator safety.In 2015, 84-year-old Olegario Pabon died after getting caught half-in and half-out of a lurching elevator inside...
Elevator Accident in Williamsburg Leaves Victim Critically Injured
Last month an elevator accident in Brooklyn claimed the life of an infant and seriously injured the child's mother. This month another victim has been critically injured after falling at least seven stories down an elevator shaft. This most recent elevator accident in...