Subject: Re: villagechoice 80 : Caberet Law Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:03:58 -0500 To: lp_manhattan From: Bob Armstrong On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:55:35 -0800, villagechoice@topica.com= wrote: >=A0Grab Your Dancing Shoes >=A0It's the last waltz for the dance police. The city will swap= its 1920s >=A0cabaret law for a new nightclub license, Department of Consumer= Affairs >=A0Commissioner Gretchen Dykstra said this week. While it means an= end to >=A0the DCA's infamous "dance police," it will give the city a= strong weapon >=A0to shut down noisy clubs that plague neighborhoods. "Noise is= the >=A0problem that causes concern in the community, not dancing,"= Dykstra said >=A0at the Knitting Factory in Tribeca. .... > The proposed nightlife license would >=A0be required for clubs, bars and restaurants with a capacity of= at least >=A075 that stay open after 1 a.m. and play music at 90 decibels or= louder. ... I posted at the time that both I and Scott Jeffery testified at= these most entertaining hearings . I know Gretchen from Intro Anthro @= Miami U in `65 and followed up by email stressing the need for any regs to be= based on externalities , ie , noise leakage . It's not clear in the= article if that 90 db is external or internal . Makes all the difference . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/11/22 1:51:34 PM