New York City

MTA Considering Scent Detectors To Improve Elevator Cleanliness

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in NYC is considering a new device that can detect urine in subway station elevators, Gothamist reports. While discussing elevator reliability and cleanliness during a...

NYARM To Host Reception on December 20

The New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM) invites NYC elevator contractors, consultants and suppliers to its year-end reception of building management professionals on December 20. The event will be...

Fight in New York Target Leads to Elevator Shaft Fall

A store security guard and an alleged teenage shoplifter were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries December 8 after the pair fell down an elevator shaft of a Target in the Bronx,...

ECNY Annual Meeting and Holiday Party

Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) plans to host its Annual Meeting and Holiday Party on December 7 at Villa Barone Manor, 737 Throgs Neck Expressway, Bronx, NY. A buffet...

Spinelli Succeeds Hoover as President of Eltech Elevator

Bryan Clairmont, president of Bronx, NYC-headquartered American Elevator Group (AEG), on December 1 announced several promotions, including that of Gregg Spinelli to president of Bronx-based Eltech Elevator. Spinelli transfers to...

TEI Elevator System for 51-Story Brooklyn Residential Tower

Among recent jobs for Long Island City, New York-headquartered TEI Group is a 12-elevator package for the 51-story Brooklyn Crossing, an 858-unit residential building at 18 Sixth Avenue in Prospect...

Schindler Completes La Guardia Work Ahead of Schedule

With sometimes 30 mechanics on-site six days a week, Schindler completed installation of 20 elevators, 21 escalators and four moving walks at NYC's La Guardia airport in only 18 months,...

Metro Elevator Opens NorCal Division in San Francisco

Metro Elevator recently announced the opening of its NorCal division, headquartered in San Francisco. The division is being led by President Michael Blaszczyk and Vice President Kevin Wright. Blaszczyk has...

AEG Promotes Lazear to Chief Revenue Officer

NYC-headquartered American Elevator Group (AEG), the largest group of elevator service providers in the U.S., promoted Eric Lazear from vice president of business development to chief revenue officer of its...

Six LCD Elevators for Residential Tower in Brooklyn’s Alloy Block

Richie Clark, owner of LCD Elevator Repair, Inc., headquartered in Mineola, New York, tells ELEVATOR WORLD the company is providing six elevators for 100 Flatbush Avenue, a 44-story residential building...

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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus

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Unsworth Joins LML Lift Consultants Senior Consultant

This July will mark 40 years since the beginning of Wurtec; image courtesy of Wurtec

Wurtec Celebrating 40th Anniversary

HydraSafe surveyed 17 elevators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with partner Claddagh, which will be providing a control system for single-plunger code compliance; photo by Hugo Schneider for Wikipedia.

HydraSafe Brake: NYC Training, a Move and a New Hire

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Hotels Prepare to Implement Recent Elevator Code Revisions