downed power liens started this fire. the big problem for the firefighters, a lack of water appreciate your. 50 homes have burned to the ground. two dozen more are in the process of burning. we are following the story for you as the day continues. we ll have more information on that. more to tell you about, including floods and power outages. new york city brought to its knees in a large way. superstorm sandy was an epic weather event, many people are calling it. millions of lives have been disrupted now. a transformer explosion happened at a con ed plant about 15 blocks from where i m standing right now. what that has done is put basically this neighborhood in lower manhattan completely in the dark. they were concerned about this transformer so they ve shut it off as well. that has plunged tens of thousands, people here but more than 600,000 people across new york and into westchester county are without power today. backup generator failed at nyu langone medical center, prob
for holly s place and comedy. so they went in to this building not knowing the adverse impact of maybe having a rock band or something like that. okay? the other thing is, the tenants who occupy the space, who have been very, very patient, and have gone through due process, also receive, i am sure a disclosure statement, saying that there is potential noise in this building, it is a mixed use building, you have studio mix, possibly causing some noise, issues. you have a theater, possibly emitting noise and you have sound and traffic possibly bringing noise it clearly states in the disclosure statement don t buy the unit if you fear any potential noise. thank you. grant it on a one day basis and let s walk before we run. thank you. seeing no further public comment. public comment is closed. come on up. we will hear from the police. no. you cannot. i have a cold that when i am warm, it makes me cough a lot. do you have something like that? thank you. all right
a noise complaint resolution between both the razz room and the neighbors, if a conditional use permit is issued tonight, northern station is recommending the conditions that have been discussed with the razz room prior to this evening. are these your conditions? this is the police conditions? i have a question, the ratio of security to patrons be one security guard to every 75, what is the rationale on that? initially we requested one to 50 and after discussing the ratio with stefeno, we changed it to 1 to 75. so the law says 1 to 100. and the nature of these performances would say one to 100, why would you want to have more security is my question? do you have a by basis for that? we felt that it was safer for the patrons that were attending if you feel differently we can go to 100. i thought that maybe something had happened that we were not aware of. nothing has happened. anyone have questions for the police? thank you, very much. nice to meet you. all
do you have a by basis for that? we felt that it was safer for the patrons that were attending if you feel differently we can go to 100. i thought that maybe something had happened that we were not aware of. nothing has happened. anyone have questions for the police? thank you, very much. nice to meet you. all right. so i want to make a couple of comments and i am going to open it to the other commissioners. i want to disclose that i have been a patron of the razz room and i have seen the shows by veronica and donna and others, and i was also a patron of the plush room. and so i have disclosed that. someone said something about having a lot of windows and acting in good faith. and that you, they lost that ability to believe that your good faith because you said that you were going to sound proof and you didn t. and somebody else said that you should not have to carry the burden of past operators and i agree with that. that you should not have to carry the burden
conditions? i have a question, the ratio of security to patrons be one security guard to every 75, what is the rationale on that? initially we requested one to 50 and after discussing the ratio with stefeno, we changed it to 1 to 75. so the law says 1 to 100. and the nature of these performances would say one to 100, why would you want to have more security is my question? do you have a by basis for that? we felt that it was safer for the patrons that were attending if you feel differently we can go to 100. i thought that maybe something had happened that we were not aware of. nothing has happened. anyone have questions for the police? thank you, very much. nice to meet you. all right. so i want to make a couple of comments and i am going to open it to the other commissioners. i want to disclose that i have been a patron of the razz room and i have seen the shows by veronica and donna and others, and i was also a patron of the plush room. and so i have discl