New York

AEG Appoints Clairmont New President

NYC-headquartered American Elevator Group (AEG), North America's largest independent elevator service provider, announced in June it has appointed Bryan Clairmont as president. Clairmont succeeds C. Mark Boelhouwer, who has assumed the...

FDNY Frees Worker Pinned Between Elevator and Wall

New York City Fire Department (FDNY) responders rescued a parking garage worker pinned between a car elevator and a wall on the Upper East Side of NYC, ABC 7 was...

Industry Veterans Launch NYC-Based VT Consultancy

Industry veterans Lucas Kairdolf and Danny Girgis have launched NYC-based vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy Clarkson + Varick, for which they serve as CEO/president and managing partner, respectively. Located in the northern...

NY Elevator Upgrade Projects Takes Next Step

Legislators in Cortland County, New York, unanimously approved in June an approximate US$97,500 elevator project at the Cortland County Office Building, allowing the county’s Buildings and Grounds Department to pursue...

Innovation Industries Names Director of Field Support, Engineering

Frank D'Angelo was recently named director of field support and project engineering at Innovation Industries, Inc., responsible for providing technical support to the customers of Innovation and its subsidiaries, Monitor...

Two ADA-Compliant Elevators Welcomed at NYC Station

NYC subway riders welcomed two new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant elevators at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA)  Livonia Avenue station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, earlier this month, WWLP is among...

AEG Names Dlugolecki Chief Transformation Officer

Chris Dlugolecki has moved into the newly created role of chief transformation officer at American Elevator Group (AEG), having previously served as AEG's vice president of service operations, AEG announced...

Date Set for 47th Annual “Pop/Joe” Golf Fundraiser

September 26 is the date set for the 47th annual “Pop” Frohlinger/Joe Marchese Memorial Invitational Golf Tournament, organizer Joel Frohlinger tells ELEVATOR WORLD. The fundraiser for the Elevator Escalator Safety...

Liberty Elevator Promotes Kilimnik to Director of Engineering

Liberty Elevator Corp., headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey, and performing work throughout the NYC metropolitan area, has promoted Elan Kilimnik from project engineer to director of engineering. Kilimnik began his...

2nd Annual Elevator Champions For Charity Coming Up

The 2nd annual Elevator Champions for Charity (ECC) golf outing is planned on July 18 at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, New York. Registration, including brunch, starts at 10...

The meeting of the newly christened Elevate-HER is planned at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre; image courtesy of niagarafallstourism.com.

CECA’s Women’s Group Introduces New Name: Elevate-HER

4TH VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL ELEVATORS EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED

4th Vietnam International Elevators Exhibition Announced

The Pembroke Pines team; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Announces Team From Florida as Global Winners of Made to Move Communities Challenge

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In Memoriam: Milton Thomas Sybert

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings