Sunday, September 23, 2012

Trapped in their own home

From CBS 2:  

An elderly couple in Bushwick, Brooklyn claims they are trapped in their own home thanks to a construction project on the stairway out of their multi-family home. 

Robert Foster, 91, is a World War II veteran and said he and his 87-year-old wife both use walkers but have a hard time navigating the 22-inch wide staircase from their Putnam Avenue home to the sidewalk. 

Their neighbor’s improvement project included putting up a fence, which split the original stairwell in two. The neighbor extended her own staircase but the couple’s staircase was left less than two feet wide, which violates code. 

By law, staircases must be at least 36 inches wide. The couple’s daughter said she is concerned the current staircase is a safety hazard.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's a shame. The neighbors really need to look at what they're doing because that is not being a good neighbor nor as u noted following the code of law. -Henry

Anonymous said...

Get out the "Sawz-all" and slice thru those railings!

Anonymous said...

Once again. The laws in place hindering the good people. If that elderly couple did take a sawzall to that fence, which is what I would do, they would get arrested. I am so fed up with laws getting in the way of good honest people taking matters into their own hands. The city obviously isn't capable.

Anonymous said...

'Once again. The laws in place hindering the good people. If that elderly couple did take a sawzall to that fence, which is what I would do, they would get arrested. I am so fed up with laws getting in the way of good honest people taking matters into their own hands. The city obviously isn't capable.'
This
I agree
-henry