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“Little Odessa” was not for Odessans. Musicians from the group “We are from Odessa. Hello!” performed on the Brighton Beach promenade. They say that they played “Odessa music” quietly. But now the police are kicking them out, ostensibly because of noise complaints, even though they say they’re quite quiet. The YouTube channel “Bureau” dealt with the situation.
“It started with the fact that first a policeman came and said he got a complaint and asks us to just make it quieter. Naturally, no one will argue with the policeman, but we did not understand why they asked to be quieter, because we already play very quietly. We have small speakers are 30 watts. Designed for a maximum of 10-15 listeners who are standing around us. Well, of course, we made it quieter and continued to play, nothing terrible happened, ”said Valery Vyuzhny, head of the group.
The problems didn’t end there, he said.
“It was already next week worse – a policeman came and said: “We received a complaint, residents of houses Complain about how loud it is. We don’t let you play here. If you continue to play, we will take your equipment.” At the same time, the policeman did not ask either our IDs or our names, nothing. He didn’t say towhat volume is possible, what is impossible. We just turned around and left, moved to another place. Somewhere around two blocks moved to the Ocean Parkway area. And here again The police came with the same request. Moreover, they showed us a photograph taken approximately from distances of 100 meters, from afar. That is we realized that we are not talking about volume here – from such a distance you can only hear, for example, the words of a song there, maybe some music. And it all happened during the day – about 6-7 hours evenings. That is not late, people do not sleep at this time. That is, someone listened, someone did not like what we sing… K to our surprise, not everyone likes it, although it seemed to us that everyone liked it. We are about three we have been playing for years, and nothing like this has ever happened, ”added Vyuzhny.
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Elena Amakhnin, director of the Brighton Business Association, suggested that the problem may be in the place chosen by the artists.
“There’s a problem in this pavilion you’re talking about in Ocean Parkway. Maybe you just got scammed. Because in this pavilion after you leave, according to you, until 9 pm, other people gather – music plays there, there are dances, they drink there, the police constantly come there. Perhaps people took you for participants in these actions, ”she said.
Valery said that he tried to understand what had happened to the police and even wanted to get permission, but so far he could not.
“During the last arrival of the police, there were people around us who live in Brighton. One woman was very active, she said: “Let’s all go to the police station and find out what is happening here.” And we went. There were seven of us… First of all, we were not even allowed into the police station. When we arrived, there was a policeman standing there, a very pleasant young man who spoke to us very intelligently. To any of our questions, he picked up the phone and talked to someone on the phone and only then answered the question. Well, we asked a very simple question: if those who called you complain about the volume, then what should be the acceptable volume? There is a sign in Brighton that says you can’t use speakers unless you have permission. We asked what speakers, what volume are not allowed. He replied that it was at the discretion of the policeman. Okay, give us a piece of paper that you can’t, give us a piece of paper, as much as you can, at least something! But we were told that we should go to the Parks Department and get permission there, ”said the musician.
Amakhnin stressed that the police said everything is correct – they do not issue permits.
“The police do not issue a sound permit if the event takes place in a park or on a boardwalk, that is, on the territory of the Parks Department … A boardwalk is an urban area that belongs to the Parks Department. Usually, permission is taken for all concerts, for all events … But even if you get permission, you still have to stop activities before 9 pm, ”she explained and invited Valery to call in order to understand the situation in detail.
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Ukrainian musicians are not allowed to play on the Brighton Beach promenade in Brooklyn
“Little Odessa” was not for Odessans. Musicians from the group “We are from Odessa. Hello!” performed on the Brighton Beach promenade. They say that they played “Odessa music” quietly. But now the police are kicking them out, ostensibly because of noise complaints, even though they say they’re quite quiet. The YouTube channel “Bureau” dealt with the situation.
“It started with the fact that first a policeman came and said he got a complaint and asks us to just make it quieter. Naturally, no one will argue with the policeman, but we did not understand why they asked to be quieter, because we already play very quietly. We have small speakers are 30 watts. Designed for a maximum of 10-15 listeners who are standing around us. Well, of course, we made it quieter and continued to play, nothing terrible happened, ”said Valery Vyuzhny, head of the group.
The problems didn’t end there, he said.
“It was already next week worse – a policeman came and said: “We received a complaint, residents of houses Complain about how loud it is. We don’t let you play here. If you continue to play, we will take your equipment.” At the same time, the policeman did not ask either our IDs or our names, nothing. He didn’t say towhat volume is possible, what is impossible. We just turned around and left, moved to another place. Somewhere around two blocks moved to the Ocean Parkway area. And here again The police came with the same request. Moreover, they showed us a photograph taken approximately from distances of 100 meters, from afar. That is we realized that we are not talking about volume here – from such a distance you can only hear, for example, the words of a song there, maybe some music. And it all happened during the day – about 6-7 hours evenings. That is not late, people do not sleep at this time. That is, someone listened, someone did not like what we sing… K to our surprise, not everyone likes it, although it seemed to us that everyone liked it. We are about three we have been playing for years, and nothing like this has ever happened, ”added Vyuzhny.
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Elena Amakhnin, director of the Brighton Business Association, suggested that the problem may be in the place chosen by the artists.
“There’s a problem in this pavilion you’re talking about in Ocean Parkway. Maybe you just got scammed. Because in this pavilion after you leave, according to you, until 9 pm, other people gather – music plays there, there are dances, they drink there, the police constantly come there. Perhaps people took you for participants in these actions, ”she said.
Valery said that he tried to understand what had happened to the police and even wanted to get permission, but so far he could not.
“During the last arrival of the police, there were people around us who live in Brighton. One woman was very active, she said: “Let’s all go to the police station and find out what is happening here.” And we went. There were seven of us… First of all, we were not even allowed into the police station. When we arrived, there was a policeman standing there, a very pleasant young man who spoke to us very intelligently. To any of our questions, he picked up the phone and talked to someone on the phone and only then answered the question. Well, we asked a very simple question: if those who called you complain about the volume, then what should be the acceptable volume? There is a sign in Brighton that says you can’t use speakers unless you have permission. We asked what speakers, what volume are not allowed. He replied that it was at the discretion of the policeman. Okay, give us a piece of paper that you can’t, give us a piece of paper, as much as you can, at least something! But we were told that we should go to the Parks Department and get permission there, ”said the musician.
Amakhnin stressed that the police said everything is correct – they do not issue permits.
“The police do not issue a sound permit if the event takes place in a park or on a boardwalk, that is, on the territory of the Parks Department … A boardwalk is an urban area that belongs to the Parks Department. Usually, permission is taken for all concerts, for all events … But even if you get permission, you still have to stop activities before 9 pm, ”she explained and invited Valery to call in order to understand the situation in detail.
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