File #: Res 0595-2010    Version: * Name: NYCTA to track and investigate neglected maintenance work on elevators and escalators.
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 12/8/2010
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution calling on the New York City Transit Authority to track and investigate neglected maintenance work on elevators and escalators.
Sponsors: Jessica S. Lappin, Fernando Cabrera , Margaret S. Chin, Daniel Dromm , Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Sara M. Gonzalez, David G. Greenfield, Robert Jackson, Letitia James, Karen Koslowitz, Annabel Palma, Deborah L. Rose, James G. Van Bramer, Albert Vann, Jumaane D. Williams, Darlene Mealy, Michael C. Nelson, Peter A. Koo
Council Member Sponsors: 19
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013*Jessica S. Lappin City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/8/2010*Jessica S. Lappin City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/8/2010*Jessica S. Lappin City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Res. No. 595
 
 
Resolution calling on the New York City Transit Authority to track and investigate neglected maintenance work on elevators and escalators.
 
 
By Council Members Lappin, Cabrera, Chin, Dromm, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, Greenfield, Jackson, James, Koslowitz, Palma, Rose, Van Bramer, Vann, Williams, Mealy, Nelson and Koo
 
Whereas, To enable passengers with physical mobility impairments to access the subway and to facilitate the movement of passengers through the system, the New York City Transit Authority ("NYCT") has installed elevators and escalators at specific stations considered to benefit the most people; and
Whereas, NYCT operates 182 station elevators and 176 escalators throughout the subway system, to enable passengers with physical mobility impairments to access the subway; and
Whereas, The NYCT Division of Infrastructure's Elevator and Escalator Department (EED) is responsible for inspecting and maintaining all elevators and escalators in NYCT facilities and ensuring they are clean, safe and reliable; and
Whereas, In July of 2010 the New York City Comptroller released a report "Audit Report on New York City Transit Efforts to Inspect, Repair and Maintain Elevators and Escalators" ("the Comptroller's Audit"); and
Whereas, The Comptroller's Audit found that there was a decrease in the rate of most scheduled inspections and tests performed by EED between 2008 and 2009; and
Whereas, The Comptroller's audit found that NYCT's Inspection Unit did not meet its annual inspection goals between 2008 and 2009; and
Whereas, The Comptroller's audit discovered that currently the NYCT's Inspection Unit's level of personnel is inadequate to ensure the unit's own inspection goals; and
Whereas, When scheduled inspections are not performed as prescribed, there is an increased risk that problems will go undetected and uncorrected, increasing the likelihood of equipment breakdowns; and
Whereas, The increased risk of equipment breakdown would result in an inconvenience to the riding public especially to those individuals with mobility impairments who rely on elevators and escalators to access subway stations; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York calls on the New York City Transit Authority to track and investigate neglected maintenance work on elevators and escalators.
 
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LS# 1473
11/9/10