Interboro Elevator Co. v. Board of Standards & Appeals

This article 78 proceeding is brought to compel respondent to dispose of an application before it by approval or disapproval. The petition alleges that the petitioner and another company are virtually the sole manufacturers of elevators in New York City, manufacturing electric car switch *800control systems and leveling and anticreep devices which are required safety devices for use on hydraulic elevators. Petitioner’s device has been approved by the respondent, while the device used by the other named company has not been so approved. That company’s device has been before the respondent for its…