NEW YORK — Tenants in a six-story building in Queens say they were forced to climb stairs amid a six-week-long elevator outage. They say that's not the only problem that has gone ignored for too long.

Thousands of elderly New Yorkers are living a silent struggle. Living in three-to-six-story apartment buildings without elevators, they grapple daily with the mental, emotional and physical pain of ...

In New York City, landlords are required to have an active contract with an approved elevator company, and to make needed repairs immediately. By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: We live in a nice multistory ...