Patrick Carr is a known elevator expert in the five boroughs. NY1 met him in Long Island City to find out about a new requirement for every elevator in New York City ...

Boards should hire consultants to comply with this particular code, since such firms act as third-party inspectors on behalf of the buildings department, Gelestino said. However, the department will ...

Some 44,000 elevators in New York must have door-lock systems installed by the end of the year. By Kaya Laterman A New York City regulation that requires the ...

In 2014, the city’s Department of Buildings required all elevators to have the door-lock monitors by Jan. 1, 2020. Donald Gelestino, president of Champion Elevator, an elevator maintenance and ...