Authorities say an elevator accident in a New York city high-rise has killed a man who was apparently pinned between the elevator car and the shaft. It happened around 8:30 a.m. Thursday in a high ...

As many as 60 cars could be trapped inside this upper Manhattan parking garage, due to a broken elevator. (Photo: CBSN New York) "My car is trapped upstairs because the elevator broke," Distasio said.

Since 2010, at least 22 people have been killed in passenger elevators or shafts in the city, and there have been nearly 500 incidents, 48 of which led to serious injuries, according to the DOB.

Peter Milatz, a 67-year-old mechanic from Orange County, New York, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide after a freefalling elevator crushed apprentice Joseph Rosa.

The majority of elevators in New York City — around 63,000 — are maintained and operated by the city’s Department of Buildings, which has jurisdiction over NYCHA elevators.

The safety of the hundreds of thousands of New York City public housing residents and guests when they ride elevators in ...

Dec. 8 (UPI) --New York City firefighters successfully rescued two people that fell down an elevator shaft in the Bronx on Thursday. Firefighters were called to the Target store at 11:15 a.m. EST ...

NEW YORK — An elevator mechanic has been charged with negligent homicide in connection with a man’s death in New York City two years ago. Peter Milatz, 67, was charged after his apprentice ...