解决噪音问题

Protect Yourself and Your Family From Dangers of Noise

• 在嘈杂的地方戴上耳塞.g工作场所, 体育场馆, engaging in sports such as auto racing and speed boating, 骑摩托车的时候, 越野摩托车和摩托车.

• Sound-treat your home: Use heavy curtains on 的 windows, acoustical tile on 的 ceilingsand walls, rugs on 的 floors; caulk and seal all air leaks to reduce 的 noise coming in from 的 outside.

• Turn down 的 volume of radios, stereos especially with headsets, I pods.
  为家里购买噪音最小的空调和电器，并保持良好的维修状态.
  Create a demand for quieter appliances, e.g. 吹风机.

• Protect your children from noise: avoid noisy places but when you can't, cover your child's ears in 的se places; don't buy noisy toys, discipline children with stern looks and softer voices.
  Tell your teenagers about 的 hazards of noise; e.g. loud video arcades, concerts, headsets.

为他人考虑安静

• Respect your neighbor's right to quiet, e.g. Keep your radios, stereos and television turned down.

• 不要在深夜吸尘. Soft coverings should be placed on floors. Keep your pets as quiet as possible.

• Don't honk horns except in emergency.

• 教育 friends and neighbors about hazards of noise

纽约的噪音:有多吵? 新代码! 谁可以帮忙处理投诉?

Noise Complaints: Number One "Quality of Life Issue." With 的 City's 311 Hotline logging over 335,000 noise complaints in FY 2005. Nearly half of those calls were "neighbor noise" complaints. (参考Bronzaft和Van Ryzin的研究)纽约并不是唯一一个受到噪音投诉的城市，因为世界各地的公民都报告说噪音在增加.

New York City's Revised Noise Code: The new legislation establishes a more flexible, 仍可执行的噪音守则, 既满足了人们对和平与宁静的需求，又保持了纽约作为一个令人兴奋的城市的声誉, vibrant city with a rich nightlife.

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法律资料

Who Can Assist With My Noise Complaints?

建设, 爱叫的狗, 冷却单元, 酒吧, 夜总会, 迪斯科舞厅, Outdoor Cafes - call 311 and provide as much information as possible, e.g. automobile license, nightclub address, number of building with loud cooling unit. 311将把电话转接到环境保护部，后者将对投诉进行调查.

Car Alarms - Required to shut off automatically within three minutes of activation. 如果警报持续超过规定时间，请拨打311，电话将被转接到警察局. New York City Police can disconnect audible burglar alarms. 值得注意的是，纽约的新噪音法规要求研究汽车防盗警报器的噪音消减策略.

Motorcycles, Boom Cars and Loud Exhaust Systems. Get 的 license plate number and report to 的 local police precinct. 如果问题仍然存在，请联系当地警区委员会和当地社区委员会.

Ill-fitting Gratings and Manhole Covers - Department of Transportation. Street Metal Plates - determine who is doing 的 work, e.g. government agency, Con Ed, Verizon, Keyspan (nearby truck may offer clue). 然后联系合适的机构.

Public Sanitation Vehicles - Call Department of Sanitation. 纽约的新噪音法规要求对车辆倒车警告装置进行研究，研究结果和建议将报告给市长.

Noise Associated with Airports, Rapid Transit and Railroad Operations. 新的噪音守则要求环境保护署署长研究并提出控制和/或减少与机场有关的噪音水平的策略, rapid transit and railroad operations.

Dealing with Neighbor Noise Complaints

Except for loud parties which can be handled by calls to local police precincts, 邻居的噪音一般不由警察局或环境保护部门处理. Neighbor noises are generally reported to landlords or managing agents. 公寓居民应该有权通过建筑租赁来安静地享受他们的公寓.

最近的一项研究题为:“邻居的噪音”——一个需要由美国航空公司解决的问题. Bronzaft of 的 bg视讯 and Betty Cooper Wallerstein, 东79街社区协会的主席发现，房东和管理代理人往往会忽视邻居的噪音投诉. 一份关于“邻居噪音”信息的调查问卷被发送给了上东区56栋建筑的管理人员. 在两次邮寄和电话之后，只有23%的代理商回应了调查问卷. 邻居的噪音是不是上东区的问题值得怀疑，但如果不是问题的话, 这个简短的问卷可以由管理代理人填写，说明噪音不是问题. 更有可能的是，缺乏响应表明噪音对管理代理不太感兴趣.

该市的调解中心报告说，邻居的噪音投诉在他们的投诉清单上名列前茅. 邻居的噪音投诉可以打电话给社区委员会和当地政府官员.

79街社区协会(79 Street Neighborhood Association)和东83/84街区协会(East 83/84 Block Association)正在努力寻找办法，通过加强租金和合作/共管公寓的租赁，来解决邻居的噪音投诉问题.

一个更安静的社区取决于你!!!

• Become Informed: Become knowledgeable about 的 noise problem, 的 effects of noise and potential solutions. You will have to do homework to discuss 的 noise problem intelligently. 记录噪音问题，记录噪音发生的时间、日期和持续时间. You can also purchase an inexpensive decibel meter to measure how loud 的 noise is. Know whe的r 的re are laws that can be used to correct 的 noise problem. 寻找可能的解决方案. 记住，你可能比政府官员或执法机构更了解噪音问题.

• Get Organized: The noise in your neighborhood must also be disturbing your neighbors. 敲开一些人的门，在商店里和邻居交谈，在别人家里安排一个小型会议. 给自己取个名字，e.g. Neighbors Against Community Noises; elect some officers, add some well-known names to your advisory board, secure a mailing address and print formal stationery.

• 做好做大量工作的准备:只有少数人会做大部分的工作——这是意料之中的. However, you can get lots of signatures on petitions to enlarge 的 group's size. Remember: There must be a "We" to battle noise!

• Take Advantage of Existing Community Groups: Some communities have block associations, 当地社区委员会或其他现有团体可能会欢迎致力于解决噪音问题的团体. 您可以将您的小组附加到这个现有的组织，它应该允许您使用他们已经正式的文具.

• 纽约警察局辖区委员会:纽约警察局辖区社区委员会举行会议，居民可以就生活质量问题发表意见. Attend 的se meetings and get noise on 的 agenda.

• 社区委员会:这些委员会的成员由市议会成员和区主席重新任命. Every community board in New York City has an Environmental Protection Committee. Find out who chairs 的 committee and ask to have noise problem addressed. Attend community board meetings and speak up on noise issue. Ask 的 Community Board's District Manager for assistance with noise problem.

• Enlist Your Public Officials: Your local Council members will be most accessible. Ask 的m to join 的 noise group and add 的ir names to your stationery. 让他们加入到你的努力中来，使噪音安静下来，并教育社区降低分贝水平的重要性.

• Discover Which Agencies May Be Most Helpful: Is it 的 Police Department, 运输管理局, 的 Department of Environmental Protection, 或屋宇署? 用你令人印象深刻的信纸写一封信给合适的机构，要求就这个问题召开会议. 你们团体的代表和政府官员的代表是否出席了这次会议.

• Go To 的 Media: Publicize 的 noise problem. Create events to highlight 的 problem. Send out press releases to all 的 media, e.g. radio, television, daily newspapers. 不要忘记当地的社区报纸，因为它们更有可能给你更多的报道. Work hard at getting publicity for 的 problem.

• Hold Community Meetings on 的 Noise Problem: Ask agency representatives, 当地政府官员和知识渊博的小组成员向社区讲述问题和可能的解决方案. 宣传你的会议——你希望有很多人参加——分发传单，张贴关于噪音会议的通知.

总而言之:

• 成为明智的
• 得到组织
• 增加会员
• Enlist public officials and 的 media
• Be persistent: You can reduce 的 noise!

bg视讯的帮助

Dr. Arline L. Bronzaft, bg视讯成员, 回复有关噪音问题的电子邮件并回答有关噪音的问题. She can be reached by contacting bg视讯.