NEW YORK (CBS) – Pushing that "door close" button won't make your next elevator trip any faster. The head of the National Elevator Industry, Karen Penafiel, confirmed to The New York Times in a ...

“Door zone restrictor has been tampered with,” reads a public report on that violation, formally inspected on May 29. “This is a safety device to ensure elevator passengers’ safety.” ...

In May, the city’s Department of Buildings shut down one of the building’s two elevators due to a door zone restrictor — a device that prevents elevator doors from opening between floors ...