NEW YORK - Developers are apparently giving New Yorkers headaches, according to a rise in noise complaints filed with the city.
A report from the state comptroller says the number of complaints logged with 311 more than doubled since 2010.
For example, at the Chapin School on the Upper East Side, residents have called and complained more than 100 times about the ongoing construction.
Many of the complaints come before or after normal construction work hours, which are between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Special permits from the buildings department allows work after hours, but the comptroller says those permits are not being given out responsibly.
Some people who spoke with NY1 had mixed reactions on the increasing noise levels.
"I think they need to have some people maybe come out. I don't know if they're just taking the complaints logging them into the computer checking off someone did their job. I think they really need someone to come out," said one New Yorker.
"It's a necessary evil, it's part of living in the city. If we want some new construction, if we want something that's nice and new and not abandoned and empty, then we have to put up with some of it at least," noted another New Yorker.
The comptroller recommends the buildings and environmental protection departments work together on a solution.