Each year, landlords or managers must give tenants a form to fill out and return to let him or her know if a child ten years of age or younger lives in their apartment, if window guards need repair, or if window guards are requested even if no children live in the apartment. Tenants may not refuse window guards if they have a child ten years of age or younger living in the apartment. Tenants whose landlords have failed to install window guards where required or requested, as well as landlords or managers whose tenants have refused installation of window guards where required, should call the Health Department at the same phone number. If your window guards are not installed yet, keep your bottom windows closed, and only open your top windows for fresh air. Furniture that children can climb on should not be near windows.
Some babies can climb up on furniture and crawl through open windows before they can even walk.