Every passenger elevator in New York City is supposed to undergo a pair of annual inspections but in thousands of cases, elevators are passing those inspections only to be tagged with city-issued ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The family of the Manhattan man killed in a horrific elevator tragedy now plans to sue. Samuel Charles Waisbren was crushed to death when he tried to exit the elevator inside ...

The family of the Manhattan man killed in a freak elevator accident at his luxury apartment building plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit in the gruesome death, court papers show. The three-page ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- There's renewed attention to elevator safety in New York state after a 30-year-old man with ties to Milwaukee died in an elevator malfunction last week. Right now there's no ...

It happened in a matter of seconds. Many people come to New York City for job opportunities, a chance to follow their dreams as an actor or singer, or just to make the city their playground. And ...

KIPS BAY, Manhattan (WABC) -- Family and friends said goodbye Sunday to a man crushed to death by an elevator in Manhattan. Funeral services for 30-year-old Samuel Waisbren were held in his hometown ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

NEW YORK — A 30-year-old man was crushed to death Thursday by an elevator at a New York high-rise, police said. The man was pinned by the elevator between the basement and first floor of a building on ...

A tech sales executive was pronounced dead at the scene after being crushed by a faulty elevator inside his luxury New York City apartment. RadarOnline.com has learned Samuel Waisbren was exiting the ...

The city Department of Investigation is probing the grisly death of a Manhattan man who was crushed by a defective elevator in his Kips Bay apartment building. DOI spokeswoman Diane Struzzi confirmed ...