Kathleen Horan
Kathleen Horan has worked at WNYC Radio since 2001 and been a reporter in the newsroom since 2006.
City Launches Elevator Safety Campaign
The city is staging a campaign that aims to shame landlords with broken elevators to get them fixed.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
New York, NY –
REPORTER: Out of the 950,000 buildings in the 5 boroughs - the Department of Buildings has identified the 10 worst offenders - and posted them on their Web site.
DOB Commissioner Patricia Lancaster says the city is focusing their elevator enforcement program on the apartment owners who ignore their responsibilities.
LANCASTER: When the elevator breaks down, some landlords use faith to try to get the elevator fixed. Some landlords don't pay attention to tenants' demands and don't try to get the elevator fixed and those are the ones we're going to go after.
REPORTER: Lancaster says in addition to publicly shaming landlords, they'll also feel the pain in their wallets.
The program includes legislation that will impose penalties as large as $1,000 a day on apartment owners who refuse to fix broken elevators.
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