Coney Island, NY – The annual “Seaside Summer Concert Series” on Coney Island is temporarily on hold, awaiting a decision from Mayor Michael Bloomberg on whether to grant a sound permit.
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The mayor was set to approve the measure Monday, but after hearing from critics, he decided to take an extra day to weigh whether it’s strong legally.
The shows are scheduled to start Thursday, but now remain in limbo.
This follows a lawsuit from two nearby synagogues, citing a city code that bans sound permits from being issued within 500 feet of places of worship.
Since then, the City Council approved a pilot program that allows the concert series to go forward.
The legislation calls for using decibels, and not just distance, in determining whether to grant sound permits.
“I will say that while I am inclined to sign the bill I will by tomorrow double check and make sure that number one the bill was drafted legally and or it looks like it will stand a challenge and I can promise that I will at city expense make sure that the standards in this bill as passed by the city council are followed,” Bloomberg said.
If the mayor does sign the bill on Tuesday, Brooklyn-native Neil Sedaka will be clear to play the first show.
Why can’t these babies come to a compromise?
Why doesn’t the concert lower the volume and the “shul” chill out and understand that they are near a public park?
Spare us the waste of time!
He will sign the Bill, he overstayed his welcome.
this shul had a siyum sefer torah outdoors with blaring loud music. How dare they play loud music within 500 feet of a shul. Bunch of hypocrites.
and what about simchas beis hasoeva on sukkos? maybe that music should be banned too.
It’s ironic that the opening concert, scheduled for the Nine Days, features a Jewish artist.