Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 31
An apartment building designated for people with disabilities in the Bronx has had a broken elevator for six weeks and some residents have been trapped in their apartments with no hope for a solution.
The broken elevator at 1310 Morris Ave. in the Bronx has presented serious challenges for residents and their families.
“There’s a lady that lives on the third floor, she has a manual wheelchair, she has to leave it down the steps, she cannot walk. How are people managing without an elevator? I don’t know but I know I cannot manage,” said resident Dawn Carroll.
Carroll said going up and down the stairs even to the second floor is hard.
The City Department of Buildings has received at least 11 complaints since then and says the building failed an inspection for failing to have a working elevator.
Penalties for the landlords will be determined at an upcoming court hearing. In the meantime, the department has ordered the landlords to restore service.
Eyewitness News also tried to speak to other residents but they were afraid to speak out publicly.
DOB inspectors were on scene at 1310 Morris Ave., Bronx, on August 1, 2024 to conduct an inspection of the elevator in response to multiple 311 complaints made by members of the public.
DOB’s elevator unit will be following up with the landlord’s contracted elevator maintenance company to get an update on the timeline for repairs. If the landlords fail to make the necessary repairs to the elevator, they will face additional enforcement actions.
Source: ABC7 News
