Finally, the board can keep pushing for action with a persistence that may go beyond the frustration threshold of any single individual. And some times there is no satisfactory solution. Private garbage trucks operate at night to avoid creating traffic problems during the day. Some necessary noise is permissible. Nonetheless, Ms. Brown has gotten relief for many noise-irritated citizens, and other community boards may have similar savvy and determined staffers to help your noise complaint reach the right ears.
Tenants frequently complain to their landlords about noisy neighbors.
Some landlords will demand that noisemakers stifle themselves. If the noise and the protests continue, the landlord can serve a notice of eviction on the offending tenant. This has actually happened in a number of cases. In fact, according to two appellate-court decisions in New York, landlords are liable if they don't take action to stop tenants who constantly and unreasonably annoy their neighbors. In Kalikow Properties v. Modny, the Appellate Term, First Department, ruled that a landlord who failed to do anything about continual and intense noise emanating from one apartment had breached the warranty of habitability that protects all the other tenants.