據(jù)The City報道，紐約住房管理局高層住宅建筑的電梯時時故障，抗擊新冠肺炎疫情對部分居民和維護工人來說更加困難了。在近期，有99棟建筑的電梯設(shè)備故障，甚至有的超過24小時無法修復(fù)。而在此次疫情之前，當(dāng)局就計劃根據(jù)法院判決升級電梯設(shè)備，然后現(xiàn)在計劃因為疫情而停滯了。相反，目前紐約住房管理局電梯設(shè)備部門只有428人，在負(fù)責(zé)著全市3244臺電梯的日常運行。

CORonAVIRUS EXACERBATES NYCHA ELEVATOR PROBLEMS

For some residents and maintenance workers of the NYC Housing Authority's (NYCHA) high-rise residential buildings, coping with the coronavirus is more difficult because of spotty elevator service, The City reports. During a recent four-day period, elevators went out at 99 buildings, and, in some cases, the outages lasted more than 24 hr. Prior to the pandemic, NYCHA had planned, in response to a judge's order, to start upgrading its unreliable elevators, but that work has now been put on hold. Instead, the authority's 428-person elevator unit has been working to keep the 3,244 elevators operational.