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Don't leave your babies next to open windows (none / 0) (#2)
by E Corning on Fri May 16, 2008 at 07:13:55 AM EST
Just because one woman is stupid enough to leave her baby on a table next to an open window with no screen (leading to much laughter about the idiocy of Albany residents on the nationally syndicated "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me for those who listen to public radio) does not mean we are in need of window guards.

I am no fan of Sano, Igoe and company.  I think their position on most issues is dead wrong, but there is an old saying involving dogs and the sun that I think is somewhat applicable here.

Albany has been blessed with the fact that we have been able to maintain several historic neighborhoods, despite the best efforts of our illustrious mayor, Sano, Igoe and others (Michael Brown comes to mind - thank God he's gone).

We should not ruin these beautiful neighborhoods with unsightly window guards because some people are too stupid to be parents.  I feel bad for the child that rolled over only to find out that the window height table that his or her mother put right in front of an open window was no longer there, and I am very happy our wonderful government worker was there to save the day; however, this is a knee-jerk reaction to something that is not a problem and I am glad it was held.

You're an idiot. (none / 0) (#7)
by AlfredMoisiu on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:02:16 PM EST
From the NYC Department of Health:

In 1976 there were 217 window falls reported. Only three years later, after the program was created, there were only 80 reported falls. During calender year 2002 there were three preventable falls...

Window guard regulation isn't some knee-jerk reaction -- it's good public safety policy. I suppose you think that the sewers are overrated... after all you could dump your poop in a backyard cesspool for less.

Windowguards are a cheap, effective way to avoid tragic accidents which could happen to ANYONE. Compounding the tragic fall last year was that the Albany Housing Authority never instituted its own window guard requirement or felt that it was a serious problem. They instead chose to blame the mother. (So much for the visionary leadership at AHA that Dan Van Riper was acclaiming)

If you walked through a "historic neighborhood" back in the good old days, you'd find all sorts of unsightly things like clotheslines, soot and animal droppings. Times change, and neighborhoods must change with them.


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