New York

Noble VT System for New LIC, NY, Residential Tower

Bohemia, NY-headquartered Noble Elevator Vice President Thomas Dutton tells ELEVATOR WORLD Noble provided a five-unit elevator system for 25-01 Queens Plaza North, a new 28-story residential tower in Long Island...

ELC Offers Certification Support for NYC DOB SST Cards

The Elevator Learning Center (ELC), headquartered in Long Island City, NY, is offering training and certification support for anyone affected by revocation of Site Safety Training (SST) card provider Valor...

4th Annual Steaks, Stogies and Cannolis Celebrates Italian Heritage in NY

More than 260 attendees, including 125 directly associated with the elevator industry, enjoyed the fourth annual “Steaks, Stogies and Cannolis” fundraising event the evening of April 17 at Tallman State...

Construction Resumes on Future World’s Tallest Jeddah Tower

Outlets including Architectural Digest (AD) report that construction has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which, at 3,281 ft, promises to be the world's tallest tower once completed...

ADA Elevator By Citnalta Scalamandre JV for LIRR Station

The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD Citnalta Scalamandre JV, which includes Peter Scalamandre & Sons, Inc., was the elevator contractor for a new Americans with Disabilities Act...

Bronx-Headquartered Start Elevator Absorbs G-Tech Service Portfolio

Bronx, NY-headquartered Start Elevator announced on May 14 it absorbed the service portfolio of G-Tech Elevator Associates LLC, based in Linden, New Jersey, and serving customers throughout New York and...

DiPaolo Named AEG VP Business Development Mid-Atlantic Region

Amy DiPaolo, whose vertical-transportation (VT) industry career spans more than 30 years, has been named American Elevator Group (AEG) vice president (VP) of Business Development, Mid-Atlantic region, DiPaolo announced on...

Public Review Process for NYC’s “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” Proposal Underway

NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicked off the public review process on April 29 for the "City of Yes for Housing Opportunity" proposal, which the NYC Department of City Planning estimates...

KONE Monospace MRLs for Mid-Rise Buildings in Two NYC Boroughs

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided one MonoSpaceTM 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevator each to two new seven-story residential buildings in Flushing, Queens, and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. At 138-25 Barclay...

KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in İzmir