The Brief
- According to city data, noise complaints accounted for more than 738,000 complaints last year.
- The city’s chief non-emergency complaint of 2024 was noise.
- Residential noise, though, ran up the largest grand total with more than 356,000 calls.
NEW YORK CITY – New York City is known as one of the busiest cities in the world with lots of hustle and bustle, and no matter where you go you can’t escape the noise.
The city has more than 8 million people and challenges and complaints are inevitable.
What did New Yorkers complain about in 2024?
The city’s chief non-emergency top complaint of 2024 was, you guessed it, noise.
“That’s crazy. As a New Yorker, you shouldn’t care about noise. We live in the busiest city. I’m on Long Island. I should be complaining,” a New Yorker told FOX 5 NY.
Why can’t New York City escape the noise?
There’s so much noise in the city, including the streets and sidewalks, cars, and helicopters in the sky.
Residential noise, though, ran up the largest grand total with more than 356,000 calls. …