Gothamist: That Open Window With the AC On Might Be Illegal

janelle

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:01:18 -0500

i think they should pass the law. sadly, i don't think it will get thorough enforcement (it's a big city) and will slide, like the poop law and the smoking ban. but if it keeps the shopping districts in check, it's something worthwhile.

Damian

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:27:23 -0500

Hey, "nuts": I guess you've never had to watch your refrigerator spoil while in another part of town, Old Navy has eight doors wide open pouring a/c onto the street. I also guess you've never heard of global warming, and don't realize that most of our electricity comes from fucking COAL.

nuts

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:24:06 -0500

Somebody give the City Council something better to do. They're going nit-picky nuts.

I hate NY

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:33:47 -0500

NYers are total hypocrits. The same people that were probably crying tears of joy when Al Gore and Melissa Etheridge collected their Oscars are often the same people that can't be bothered to recyle and can't even use the revolving door even when there is a sign blocking the regular door and that says in huge letters "use revolving door".

BklynNative

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:22:33 -0500

Personally I wished they go after the A/C owners that allow pigeons to roost under there.

Alphabet Citizen

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:17 -0500

[1]- "This is a great idea. I only wish it had been done sooner. NY'ers and Americans in general should be ashamed of how wasteful they are. I know I am. " Well, if you know you are, why don't you do something about it yourself?! It makes me sick that people can be so spineless and hypocritical as to say "I know I'm irresponsible and careless, so I want the government to pass a law forcing me to be responsible and mindful." If KNOWING that you are wasteful and irresponsible isn't enough to make you want to change your wasteful habits, can you honestly say that some unenforceable law in a forgotten book will make you change?? Give me a break!

Tom

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:50:54 -0500

We, as a nation, have way too much free time to complain about way too many ridiculous things. "Maybe if energy prices weren't so damn cheap." Jesus F.

Ethan

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:42:14 -0500

I remember last summer being incensed by a parking garage that was blasting the AC onto a 20-30 meter area on 59th st between park and madison during that brutal heat wave in July. It seriously felt like getting doused with ice water when I rode my bike by it. I called 311 to complain but there wasn't anything they could do.

Mid-C Frank

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:18:57 -0500

Great picture -- if they can't enforce the current law that says you can't use tins cans to hold up your a/c unit, how are they going to enforce the open door law? Maybe if energy prices weren't so damn cheap in this country we wouldn't need to ponder such ridiculous regulation.

bob

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:03:42 -0500

The air conditioner supported on cans is already a violation of the Building Code, which states: DO NOT USE bricks, telephone books, gypsum board or cans for leveling under the A/C unit. Go to the nyc dot gov site and search for ac_tips.pdf Bob the Builder

nisey79

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00:51 -0500

Stores leave their doors open with the AC blasting to attract sweaty, overheated pedestrians, not because opening doors is an obstacle. If that was the case, stores would leave doors open during the winter, too, with the heat on full blast.

Great Idea

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:38:17 -0500

This is a great idea. I only wish it had been done sooner. NY'ers and Americans in general should be ashamed of how wasteful they are. I know I am. Are we really that sloth-y of a people that we cannot open a door ourselves or shop in a store that is not -30F in the summer. Come on, people.