Statement from Mayor about Elevator Outage at Franklin Tower

I am aware of the situation with the elevators at Franklin Towers (50 White Street). I have been in touch with our state and federal partners as well as building management to find a speedy resolution to get the elevators back in service. I share the frustration of residents and personally called the elevator repair company to push them to get this resolved as quickly as possible. They gave me their assurances that it will be fixed by this Friday, November 10. The fact that the repair has taken this long is unacceptable. We will be looking into this matter further. 

Until it is fixed, I want to be sure that residents are aware of resources available for help with things like getting groceries delivered. Residents should each have received a flier under their door from volunteers from the First Baptist Church. Please call (914) 500-8128 to make arrangements for assistance.