ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city hopes it’s a game changer to help businesses pay for costly problems at their front door. It’s a new fund promising to cut thousands of dollars in costs tied to vandalized and broken windows.
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The city said this program comes after lots of businesses stepped forward complaining about window vandalism. Some business owners said it’s finally a good solution to the problem that’s been plaguing Albuquerque storefronts for years. “Broken windows is just something that you deal with on a monthly basis,” said Dawn Vatoseow, Co-owner of Lindy’s Diner.
Dawn Vatoseow co-owns Lindy’s Diner on Central in the heart of Downtown Albuquerque. She said shattered glass and graffiti have become an expensive and constant problem. “You know you can’t keep putting in claims with the insurance company. It raises your deductible, and it raises your rates, so you know most of us are just eating the costs of that broken glass or just not fixing them,” said Vatoseow.