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| Superdave... |
 Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:38 pm |
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McDonald’s Deliveries Nettle TriBeCa Neighbors
By Andrew Keh
McDonald’s logo
Some TriBeCa residents are trying find respite from the noise, exhaust
and general exasperation they say plagues them whenever a 50-foot
truck making deliveries to a nearby McDonald’s clogs up their narrow
block.
The complaints have been particularly acute among residents of 8
Thomas Street, a condominium building between Broadway and Church
Street, who say that at least three times a week, a mammoth delivery
truck parks in front of their building for several hours while
unloading food and supplies for the McDonald’s around the corner at
317 Broadway.
The residents say their main concern is that their street, with the
truck on one side and a row of legally parked cars on the other, would
be inaccessible to vehicles in the event of an emergency.
“There are many young children in the building,” said Colleen Coghlan
Crivello, 30, who has lived on the first floor since late last year.
Also of concern, albeit to a lesser extent, has been the general
disturbance the truck has caused at night when the residents are in
their homes.
“The noise and the fumes from the truck are quite overwhelming,
especially when they’re out there sometimes until midnight,” said
Sundeep Mangla, 41, who lives in the building with his wife and two
young children. “We want them to unload on Broadway, where everyone
else unloads.”
The residents said they had tried everything to have their concerns
addressed.
“I called the cops and wrote letters to McDonald’s corporate, and they
didn’t do anything about it,” said Anand Gajjar, who bought the
building in 2004 and along with Mr. Mangla redeveloped it into
condominiums. “But I lost steam sometime in 2007. I didn’t have the
fight in me. And that’s a shame. It shouldn’t be a fight.”
But Mrs. Crivello has resumed that fight this year. She said she had
called 911 on three occasions, 311 on countless others, and had been
making calls to the Police Department’s First Precinct station house
around once a week for the last two months. (A Police Department
official said it could find only one official complaint about the
truck in its records for the past year.)
Earlier this month, residents of the four-story loft-style building
signed a petition written by Mrs. Crivello that called on McDonald’s
to relocate its unloading spot. The residents forwarded the petition
to the local community board, several newspapers, and McDonald’s
corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill.
Residents noted that a red “No Standing Any Time” sign is clearly
displayed a few yards from the restaurant’s side entrance.
According to Scott Gastel, a spokesman for the Department of
Transportation, the only activity permitted in a zone marked “No
Standing Any Time” is the expeditious drop-off and pickup of
passengers.
Even if their specific complaints are disregarded, the residents said
the sign and the law alone should be enough to prompt a change from
McDonald’s.
Responding to an inquiry, Paul J. Browne, the department’s chief
spokesman, wrote in an e-mail message: “Precinct personnel typically
(as they are in this case) work with commercial establishments
receiving deliveries to identify viable alternatives to any
problematic location, or take enforcement action where appropriate.”
On Monday, Lee Dunham, the owner and operator of the McDonald’s,
issued a statement saying that starting this week, deliveries to that
restaurant would be made at an earlier time of day. “This matter was
brought to our attention, and we worked diligently to rectify the
situation,” Mr. Dunham said.
But Mrs. Crivello said she was concerned the truck would still
“continue to block the street.”
Phil Prain Jr., a vice president at Martin-Brower Metroplex, the
company in charge of the deliveries, said in a statement: “We deliver
everything on one truck to minimize the number of deliveries, and
neighborhood disruption, each week.” He said the company tried to
“comply with local city ordinances, and transportation laws and
requirements.”
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Tried ? "Tried" ??????
WTF is tried ?
No standing at any time is an offense. Cite them ! Perhaps
the residents should park their themselves to prevent the
delivery truck from parking there. I wonder how long it would
take the cops to tow their cars ?
People vote ! Corporations don't ! It's time we the people took our
country back !
Fuck the Corporations ! They are just greedy blood sucking leeches. |
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