An effort is underway to require New York City apartment building landlords to turn up the heat during the coldest months of the year to help prevent devastating fires.
The NYPD announced a citywide initiative to crack down on quality of life offenses, which critics say reinstates so-called "broken windows" policing. NJ Burkett has the story.The weather on Monday was a lot like that bitterly cold January day when the fire started in the Bronx, and one resident of the building told Eyewitness News reporter Sonia Rincon there has been enough heat since the tragedy, but others in nearby buildings say they could use more heat on a day like this.
311 gets regular heat complaints from Elizabeth Fermin, who says her landlord doesn't provide the current minimum, and the heat only seems to be adequate when the inspectors show up. "Of course, we have to do much more to enforce our heating laws," Bronx council member Oswaldo Feliz said.
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