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Your neighbors called 311 over 4,600 times last month.

Your neighbors just want quiet, deadass.

So look—we talk a lot about the big stuff, right? Rezoning, budgets, all that. But sometimes, you gotta look at what's *really* buggin' New Yorkers day-to-day. And according to the latest 311 service requests, what's got people heated is the noise.

We're talkin' over 4,600 calls for "Noise - Residential / Loud Music/Party" and another 2,900-plus for "Noise - Street/Sidewalk / Loud Music/Party." That's a lot of folks just tryna get some sleep or have a quiet dinner without feelin' like they're at a block party they didn't get invited to. Nah, it ain't always about the grand schemes at City Hall; sometimes it's about your upstairs neighbor blastin' bachata at 3 AM.

And then there's the parking, of course. Almost 3,000 complaints about blocked hydrants, another 2,700 for posted sign violations. It's the classic New York dance: findin' a spot, then someone else actin' like the rules don't apply to them. That's New York — if you can't keep up, take the bus.

It shows you what's on people's minds when they pick up the phone. It's the everyday grind. We'll see if City Hall starts gettin' louder about these quiet complaints.

Rach_K_Queens, out.

Yo, Keith and the whole crew are dissecting this noise at mornings.live.

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