Senator Hoylman Commends Environmental Control Board for Silencing Nightly Noise from East Village 7-Eleven

NYC Environmental Control Board Judge orders roaring air conditioner/HVAC to be turned off daily from 8 pm - 8 am

Hoylman: “7-Eleven’s long-suffering neighbors will finally get some relief” 

New York, NY — State Senator Brad Hoylman issued the following statement in response to today’s order by Administrative Law Judge Peter Hort of the New York City Environmental Control Board (ECB) that the 7-Eleven convenience store at 170 Avenue A must turn off its noisy air conditioning units daily from 8 pm to 8 am:.

“I applaud New York City’s Environmental Control Board (ECB) for requiring the 7-Eleven at 170 Avenue A and landlord Kushner Companies to take action now to bring relief to neighbors who’ve been living for a year with noise from ground-level refrigeration and air conditioning units.

“I’m also grateful to the city’s Department of Environmental Protection for issuing the multiple noise code violations for the refrigeration unit, registered to 7-Eleven, and the air conditioning units, registered to Kushner Companies, which informed the ECB’s decision today. 7-Eleven’s long-suffering neighbors will finally get some relief.

“I particularly appreciate the partnership of Manhattan Community Board 3 in following up on the neighbors’ complaints. We’ll continue to work closely with them and other elected officials in the neighborhood to ensure 7-Eleven and Kushner Companies honor the ECB order.”

The issue was first brought to Senator Hoylman’s attention in February of this year. He has worked closely with the affected neighbors to resolve this issue and personally attended ECB hearing today and the one on October 7, 2014. The ECB order requires 7-Eleven to immediately turn of its air conditioning and HVAC units off from 8 pm to 8 am every day and come back on November 25 with New York City Department of Buildings permits to move all the offending units permanently.

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