“Child Safety Concerns: The Importance of Window Guards in NYC Apartments”

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temperatures. I’ll tell you a littleforward.and another in manhattan fellfrom building windowssame dayíctor: camila montenegro ustell what happened. youwe invite you to prepare yourcell phone to know aboutwindow guards inNY.reporter: one of thetragedies with a 3 year old girlyears. this complex belongs topublic housing systemfrom new york city.although no one is facing charges,the neighbors blametheir parents for negligence andcoexistence.the 13th floor has all thebars on the windows.it can be carelessness, it can bethat they have been removed.reporter: we show whatthe theory speaks, that in thisfloor where you can see the lightturned on, does not havenone of the black bars thathours after thisincident, another 2-year-old girlyears old he fell from the window of afifth floor in queens.with the arrival of springand harsh weather, severaltenants open their windowsto freshen up.in some cases toomanipulate the bars to searchinstall an airconditioned.nycha previously explained thatall protectorswindows were present.I want you to look next to meis a window of thisapartment, in these buildings.you can open it withease.if you need air in your home,They are obviously strongrigid, they are glued to the framefrom this window.New York law says thatsecurity in buildings with moreof three apartments.If there are children under 10 years of agein the home and the person responsible forfill out an annual form forverify this.the recommendation of the groupwork for safetywindows, so that this does nothappen are, do not leave alone afrom the air conditioner to nycha.update your informationhome and not manipulate thesecurity.the sixth floor is the only one inthese conditions. in thisbuilding we found anotherapartment that has theopen windows without bars.find accurate informationto avoid tragedies like