Elevator

Residents Say Broken Elevator Is Making Them Prisoners In Their Own Homes

The city said it has been receiving complaints about the elevator since 2012, and residents said they have been begging for help.

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Surveillance image of a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery at a Pennsylvania Avenue building in Brooklyn. (credit: NYPD)

Police: 59-Year-Old Woman Robbed In Brooklyn Elevator

The incident occurred last Friday around 4 p.m. at a building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

2013/05/07

Schania Burgess, 8, has not been outside since Sandy hit because her building's elevators are still not working. (credit: CBS 2)

Wheelchair-Bound Girl Remains Trapped In Apartment 4 Months After Sandy Hit

Her mother said the elevators in their high-rise building on Surf Avenue and 24th Street have been out of order for months, leaving the 8-year-old a virtual prisoner in their third floor apartment.

2013/02/28

FILE - NYPD vehicle (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Police Catch Man Trying To Rape 74-Year-Old Woman In East Harlem Housing Project

A man was caught by police trying to rape a 74-year-old woman Tuesday in the James Weldon Johnson Houses public housing development in East Harlem.

2013/02/26

Suspect Arrested In Violent East Harlem Elevator Attacks On Asians

Jason Commisso was asleep on a bus en route to Texas when he was picked up by a team of NYPD and New Jersey State Troopers on the New Jersey Turnpike near Morristown, N.J., Browne said.

2013/01/29

Police ID Suspect Wanted In Violent East Harlem Elevator Attacks On Asians

Investigators believe Jason Commisso, 34, has been responsible for eight attacks of people of Asian descent in the neighborhood since Jan. 17, police said. The latest incident happened Saturday around 10:30 a.m. at a building on East 97 Street.

2013/01/28

ASPCA: New Home For Dog Seen In Harlem Elevator Beating Video

Back on Aug. 26, a man was seen hitting and kicking Hazel multiple times inside an elevator at the Wagner Houses on East 120th Street, police said.

2013/01/21

Police Seek Suspect Who Sexually Assaulted Woman In Upper West Side Elevator

The NYPD wants help from the public in finding a suspect who assaulted a woman on the Upper West Side.

2012/12/12

Boy Recovering After Falling Down Elevator Shaft In Mount Vernon

A 12-year-old boy was recovering Monday, after falling into an elevator shaft several floors up in a Mount Vernon building over the weekend.

2012/12/10

Police say this man mugged a woman in a Queens elevator on Dec. 4, 2012. (credit: NYPD)

NYPD Hunts Man Who Mugged Queens Woman In An Elevator

The victim, 58, was threatened and pushed, police said. The mugger allegedly acted as though he had a gun.

2012/12/07

Alleged Attack Of Young Girl In Queens Draws The Ire Of The Community

Residents are helping to look for the suspect, who police described as an Asian man between 45 and 55 years old. He was last seen wearing tan shorts and a green shirt with blue stripes.

2012/08/10

Firefighters remove the vehicle that plunged down an elevator shaft at 355 East 76 Street in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

SUV Plunges Down Elevator Shaft In UES Parking Garage

A parking attendant at the garage drove the 4,500-pound Lexus SUV into a vehicle elevator on the fifth floor, but the elevator’s car wasn’t there.That’s when he and the car fell five stories to the ground floor.

2012/07/17

NYC City Council To Discuss Elevator Safety Bills In Wake Of Recent Accidents

The City Council is holding an oversight hearing Monday afternoon to examine elevator safety and hear testimony from Department of Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri.

2012/04/16

Elevator in New York City (credit: Evan Bindelglass / CBSNewYork)

NYC Elevator Repairmen Don’t Need A License; Quinn Calls It ‘Crazy’

There have been several deadly mishaps involving elevators in New York City of late and you might be surprised to learn that elevator repairmen in the city do not need a license.

2012/04/03