Retaliation for DEP Complaint
On Tuesday I complained to the DEP about an A/C compressor which has recently been installed on the top of the 1st floor extension of a new restaurant on Smith Street. The noise of this unit is well in excess of the code (43decibles). DEP requires you leave your name, address, etc., to file the…
On Tuesday I complained to the DEP about an A/C compressor which has recently been installed on the top of the 1st floor extension of a new restaurant on Smith Street. The noise of this unit is well in excess of the code (43decibles). DEP requires you leave your name, address, etc., to file the complaint. Sometime last night, someone dumped the contents of a 1 gallon pain can in my front yard and on my stoop. No proof, but pretty sure it’s related to the complaint. I called the precinct and they told me to call 911….(but I digress). Has anyone had experience with this sort of situation…obviously I’m dealing with a nut job, but I don’t see why I don’t have the right to expect commercial buildings to live up to the building code.
I would think the restaurant owner would have to have a big ‘in’ to find out who filed a complaint. And unless found in violation this would seem strong retaliation.
DEP needs name and address because they come over and measure sound from inside your place with window open.
I’ve been thru this. I never had any sense that restaurant ever knew who complained.
(also may help if you get other neighbors to call and make complaints also).
NYC will also come clean off graffiti if you make complaint and ask for the service…not sure if this falls into that category.
Bklyn Fire Alarm Guy- you’re implying that he deserved this? By filing a complaint? I’m all for going to your neighbors first with a problem- but this is a business- that paid (or should have) a knowledgeable contractor that should have known the noise of the unit could be/might be an issue. Just like the contractor should know about whether a roof can support the weight of the unit or if the electrical can handle the increased load- etc.
Wyckoff- but a webcam (less than $100) that’s activated by motion- have it installed in a not so obvious spot outside- have it record for a few months. Just delete the files when nothing happens (to save storage) but if something does- archive it.
Telling him to approach the restaurant directly as if that would help one iota? Of course one calls 311 in this situation.
restaurant owners are notorious assholes…keep calling in complaints since they constantly try to do things on the cheap
Hey Fire Alarm Guy – If the owner of the building is a nameless LLC, how do you suggest one contacts them? Why do you assume calling 311 is not calm and rational?
and 2 gallons of paint in the offending compressor is even cheaper 🙂
if the harassment continues in that form, an exterior-grade close circuit security camera kit only costs about fifty bucks these days.
This is why you should approach your neighbors in a calm rational manner as a first step rather than filing complaints which should be your final recourse.
“pain can”… meant to say “paint can”, but the subconscious implications are obvious.