據(jù)紐約郵報報道，紐約州州長 Andrew Cuomo在近日通過了一則關(guān)于州內(nèi)電梯技術(shù)人員操作許可證的法案，但由于當(dāng)?shù)亓⒎C構(gòu)的要求，該法案要等到2022年1月才正式生效。法案的誕生源于2019年8月基普斯灣某公寓一場導(dǎo)致一人死亡的電梯事故。該“電梯安全法案”要求州勞動部門對電梯技術(shù)人員和其他電梯維修相關(guān)工作人員頒發(fā)操作許可證；要求開展更多技術(shù)人員的集中培訓(xùn)和再教育；設(shè)立一個九人的電梯承包商許可及電梯安全標(biāo)準(zhǔn)委員會。法案原本計劃在6月開始實施，但在立法部門與州政府協(xié)商后推遲了生效時間。然而，法案的實行時間還是把原來計劃的3年提前到2年后，好讓當(dāng)?shù)亟ㄖ块T有足夠的時間制定更嚴(yán)格的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

NEW YORK GOVERNOR APPROVES ELEVATOR MECHANIC LICENSING BILL

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved a bill requiring licensing of the state's elevator mechanics but, in a deal worked out with lawmakers, has delayed it taking effect until January 2022, the New York Post reports. The bill was introduced after an August 2019 incident in which a man was crushed to death in an elevator in a Kips Bay apartment building. The "Elevator Safety Act" requires the state Labor Department to license mechanics and others involved in elevator maintenance; requires more extensive training and education; and creates a nine-member Elevator Contractors License and an Elevator Safety and Standards Board. It originally was written to take effect in June but the Legislature pushed it back in a compromise with the governor's office. However, the law moves up the date for NYC officials to comply with mechanic licensing from three years to two and allows the city's Department of Buildings to enact stricter licensing requirements.