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The Elevatorgate controversy at Cardozo Law has brought us some quality trolling and bad puns over the last week, but having a complete elevator shutdown is a serious problem for a school with classes on the 11th floor. The administration, which keeps trying to put a happy face on months of malfunctions, told the students that they’re at the mercy of a university-wide repair company that — for whatever reason — can’t seem to get the elevators working consistently.
This rings true based on additional tips we’ve received from Cardozo students coping with elevator madness. It appears the law school building isn’t the only one with elevator problems that just can’t get fixed:
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It isn’t just the elevators at the school. At Benjamin (Cardozo’s student housing on Lexington) the elevators are no better. For the past year, the elevator has been shifting between haunted and dead. At times, the elevator will remain on a single floor opening and shutting its doors for up to 5 minutes. As of today, the elevator is non-functional.
For good measure, we got photographic confirmation of this broken elevator:
What in the name of Elisha Otis is going on over there? Does the repair company have compromising pictures of someone over there? Elevators can be persnickety pieces of equipment — who can forget the poor law students trapped in Winston & Strawn’s elevator for hours? — and safety must come first, but if a company can’t get the elevator running consistently after a couple of tries, it’s time to give up on the repair company. Because either they’re bad at repairing elevators or they should have the professional know-how to tell you your elevators are beyond repair. Whichever it is, once a school is months down the road on this effort, it’s time to give up.
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