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Brewer Sells out to Nightclubs
Gale Brewer,has sold out the residents of Amsterdam Avenue and surrounding areas for years now,as her shameless acceptance of the nightclub union's endorsement testifies.
Moreover, her record on noise,specifically bar noise and the problems affiliated with it is non-existant.Her pushing the 311 system is nothingmore than Bar smoke and mirrors.
Her big contribution to date is locksmith sticker removals and movietimepostings.
I have contacted Brewer on numerous occassions to no avail.
The bars have more ambulances on call than a Jets game.
Jake's Dilemma, a bar I have repeatedly complained about to Brewer,the police and our corrupt community board was the sight of two late night violent altercations this past month. They are adjacent to Brother Jimmy's which serves as the fulcrum for much of the problems on this street. A block over is the Gin Mill,recently the site of a street brawl with some thirty
spectators ,three police cars and one ambulance.
One block in the other direction is Bourbon Street,one of the noisest bar in the area,given consent by CB7 to have full length open doors to facillitate their outdoor nightclub.
I spoke with Brewer on the day of a recent Amsterdam Ave street fair where she was perched virtually in front of Bourbon Street. She seemed dumbfounded by my complaint.
One more note about "our" community board 7. District manager Penny Ryan, is on record in the Westside Spirit(s) -the local support rag, as saying that bar noise in the area "is no big deal."
Perhaps that is why her group supports outdoor cafe licenses for these nightclubs. As the noise and behavior at these venues attest,these are not polite outdoor restaurants or coffee houses--They are Studio 54 outdoors!
The latest ploy,and I have contacted Coucilmember Moskowitz in this regard as well,is to blame the State Liquor Authority for everything. That is all well and good,but when the council has sat on noise legislation, in some cases not even showing up and when the community board facilitates the problem as I have delineated, their credibility is zero.
I am damn well fed up with having my consistent points disregarded as some "chronic complainer" when it is clear the corruption in this system is what is chronic.
Posted by:
Robert Weitz
Help Strycker Bay Build A Home
Throughout Our History On The West Side,
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Throughout its 45 years, Strycker’s Bay—a housing counseling agency—has never had its own permanent home. Over the years, this has forced SBNC’s programs to move a countless number of times. Fortunately, we are delighted to announce that SBNC has secured a permanent space for both our main office and LACASA: 61 West 87th Street and 59 West 87th Street.
Now, we are reaching out to our community and supporters to help us with our next challenge. In order for us to best utilize our new homes, we need to fully renovate and furnish both spaces. Our intention is to raise $45,000 over the course of this year.
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Posted by:
Kelley Williams
Unjust Noise from "Law and Order"
It seems that the Upper West Side has lately become a favorite film location for all sorts of features. Unfortunately, their crews have proven to be extremely disruptive and disrespectful to the neighborhood--they exacerbate an already tight parking situation and cause noise, air and visual pollution.
An extremely large crew took over my block of residence, West 88th Street, between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive to film scenes for Law and Order. The crew was here from 9 am to 11:30 pm on January 29 and from 9 am to 12:00 am on January 30. The equipment trucks from Haddad's parked in front of my building were so loud that they made my building shake and caused books to fall off a shelf in my apartment. Moreover, the trucks had their motors or generators working the entire time and in addition to the noise, left noxious diesel exhaust. Both nights the crews left noisily, yelling to each other above the din of the motors. Since my wife and I work at home we were subjected to nearly 15 hours of obnixious noise and fumes each day--this is a horrible imposition on our quality of life. I hope that this or any other crew never again comes to our otherwise quiet block.
The worst part is the lack of respect from the crews who seem to have been given carte blanche by the city. Even the NYPD seems powerless to enforce quality of life laws in the face of film permits. I have noticed that our neighborhood has been increasingly used by crews filming Sex & and City and Law and Order. I am hoping that something can be done to mitigate future disruptions. Might I suggest enforcement of time limits or disallowing the parking of equipment trucks in front of residences?
Anyone who has felt invaded by these obnoxious film crews should complain vociferously to the Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting and let Commissioner Katherine Oliver know that any publicity gained for the city is not worth the effort if the neighborhoods are made horrible places to live during the filming process. The Commissioner can be contacted by writing:
the Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting
1697 Broadway Suite 602
New York, New York 10019
or:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mailfilmcom.html
or calling: 212.489.6710
Posted by:
Dr. William V. Ganis
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Brewer Sells out to Nightclubs
(Aug 04, 2005)
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Unjust Noise from "Law and Order"
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