Tenants in a six-story building in Queens say they were forced to climb stairs amid a six-week-long elevator outage.
NEW YORK â They say that's not the only problem that has gone ignored for too long.'I have to take a breather midway through the climbing'It's been six weeks without an elevator for retired couple Patricia Bowley and Anthony Chinnici, who live on the sixth floor.'I have to take a breather midway through the climbing,' Bowley said. 'He helps me up the last flight.''If I have packages, I try to come up before she does,' Chinnici said.
A spokesperson said Wednesday in part, 'The necessary repairs have been completed by the property's elevator company. We are now awaiting the Department of Buildings to schedule their inspection and approval to place the elevator back in service.' After maintenance crews were seen Thursday working on the elevator, New Bedford Management said, 'We've confirmed with the elevator company that they 'are conducting the necessary violation repairs today.
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