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 mechanic, ...

A 67-year-old mechanic faces a homicide charge after a falling elevator crushed his apprentice in 2021, New York prosecutors said. The senior mechanic, since retired, and a 25-year-old apprentice were ...

An elevator mechanic's failure to execute basic safety procedures caused an elevator at a New York City building to plunge six stories and crush a co-worker to death, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Citing the death of a Williamsburg resident who tried to flee a broken elevator earlier this month, organizers for the union representing elevator repair workers spoke at a community board meeting ...

The New York legislature voted Thursday to require licenses for thousands of elevator mechanics in the city and across the state, following mounting pressure to improve safety standards. It is the ...

Unqualified workers are filling in to do repair work on New York City Housing Authority elevators — a situation that could lead to disastrous results, according to one labor leader. “If a mistake is ...

A mechanic is accused of negligent homicide after the 2021 death of an apprentice killed by a falling Bronx elevator, N.Y. prosecutors say. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 67-year-old mechanic faces a ...