A SUMMERY STRETCH WITH HIGHS IN
THE 80s NEXT WEEK.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> WE’RE GET AN UPDATE ON AN
E-TEAM EXCLUSIVE.
A LAW TO CASH IN ON ISSUING
NOISE VIOLATIONS DIRECTLY TO
BUSINESSES AND THEN KEEPING A
PIECE OF THE FINE. NOW AFTER OUR I-TEAM REPORT,
THAT CUB CHANGING.
CHRIS GLORIOSO HAS NEW DETAILS.
>> IS THIS MUSIC ILLEGAL?
WOULD YOU ISSUE THEM A TICKET?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK THE I-TEAM TOLD YOU ABOUT AN
ORDINARY QUEENS RESIDENT WRITING
AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF
CIVILIAN NOISE COMPLAINTS.
RECORDS OBTAINED SHOW HE HAD MORE THAN 500 NOISE TICKETS
FILED IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE COURT TOTALING MORE THAN
$600,000 IN FINES.
AND A LITTLE KNOWN PROVISION OF
NEW YORK CITY’S CODE SAYS HE
GETS 25 TO 50% OF THE FINES
COLLECTED.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE
PATTERNS WE HAVE SEEN IS THE
CITIZEN ENFORCERS SEEM TO GO
WHERE IT’S EASIEST TO MAKE THE
MONEY.
SGRR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION COMMISSIONER CALLING
FOR LEGISLATIVE REFORM AND
TELLING THE I-TEAM HE BELIEVES A
HANDFUL OF CIVIL YANS IS ABUSING THE PROCESS.
>> IF THEY ARE LOOKING TO RACK
UP MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS WITHOUT
LETTING A BUSINESS OWNER KNOW
ABOUT THE FIRST ONE, THAT’S NOT LEGITIMATE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY.
WHAT THAT IS BOUNTY HUNTING.
>> Reporter: COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW
DRAFTING A LEGISLATIVE REFORM
BILL THAT HE SAYS WILL END PROFITEERING BY CITIZEN TICKET
WRITERS.
HE WANTS TO BAN CITIZEN
ENFORCEMENT OF THE NOISE CODE
ALTOGETHER.
>> THIS IS THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT THAT’S COME FORWARD.
I DON’T LIKE FLIES.
THEY HAVE TO GO.
>> Reporter: BUT DON’T EXPECT
CITIZEN ENFORCERS TO FADE AWAY
WITHOUT A FIGHT.
WHILE BUSINESSES COMPLAIN THEY HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY TARGETED WITH
CITIZEN SUMMONS, SOME RESIDENTS
ARE FED UP WITH NOISE AND
DEFENDING CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT.
>> I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW IT’S
NOT A WIN-WIN.
>> Reporter: THIS IT WROOK LINT
ATTORNEY SAYS SHE’S COMPLAINED
ABOUT NOISE FOR YEARS WITHOUT A RESOLUTION FROM THE DEP.
SHE WELCOMES CITIZENS WRITING
TICKETS.
>> QUITE FRANKLY, THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH INSPECTORS TO GO
AROUND AND INSPECT ALL THE NOISE
COMPLAINTS THEY HAVE PROVEN
THAT.
>> SO FAR THEY HAVE PROOUMPBVEN
ARE NOT ENFORSCING IT.
WHO IS GOING TO DO IT IF I’M NOT
SUPPOSED TO DO IT ANYMORE AND
THE CITIZENS THAT ARE FOLLOWING
MY FOOTSTEPS CANNOT DO IT
EITHER. >> Reporter: THE COUNCIL MEMBER
WANTS TO MOVE FAST TO BAN
CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT OF THE NOISE
CODE.
THERE’S A LELTER FROM TWO DOZEN
BAR AND RESTAURANTS URGING SWIFT
ACTION. SOME OF THEM SAYING THEY CANNOT
AFFORD A SUMMER OF SUMMONS.