Parents of child with autism say neighbors in Port Washington are pushing back on fence installed to keep daughter safe - CBS New York

Parents of a child with autism said they installed the fence to keep their daughter safe, but the family tells CBS2's Jennifer McLogan that they are getting pushback from angry neighbors.

Stella, the only child of Stevie and Angelo, has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and goes through very rough patches each day.

"So we were a bit surprised that even after we had explained everything to our neighbors, our reasons for putting up the fence, our plan of working with the town, that a few of them got together in secret and kind of ganged up on us," Angelo Bovis said.

Multiple neighbors who would not go on camera say their complaints have nothing to do with an autistic child but rather are against the size, color and scope of the fence.

During her decades-long career, Jennifer McLogan has been recognized for her coverage of breaking news and live reporting on major stories that include the September 11 attacks, Superstorm Sandy, the Gilgo Beach Murders, the Long Island Rail Road massacre, the crash of TWA Flight 800, the Philadelphia Police firebombing of the radical group Move, the Hamptons' Pine Barrens fires, and major snowstorms crippling the Northeast.

In sports, she covered Super Bowl XLVI, World Series with both the Yankees and the Mets, NBA Finals with Michael Jordan and the death of Arthur Ashe.