This rooster actually ruffled some feathers.
Neighbors within the Hamptons have been duking it out in a wild, months-long feud over a loud rooster — with one facet squawking that the chicken continually wakes him and the opposite reporting “harassment” to cops.
The fowl play — which is now unfolding in a neighborhood court docket case — started final Might in East Hampton after Marc Auerbach, 53, bought fed up with loud pre-dawn crowing by neighbor Efrain Mayorga’s pet rooster, Brownie.
Auerbach griped to the city that the feathered loudmouth begins its “terrible animal scream” at round 4:45 a.m. — then continues on and off till 8 a.m. within the suburban space, in response to court docket paperwork.
“Excuse my language, nevertheless it’s f–king ridiculous,” Auerbach, 53, informed The Submit. “I needed to go to a health care provider and take sleeping tablets to cope with it.”
Auerbach stated he misplaced a $1,750-per month rental tenant because of the noise and that his youngsters now not need to stick with him as a result of they lose sleep, in response to court docket papers.
He repeatedly complained to the city in regards to the cock-a-doodle disturbance, penning dozens of logs with the instances and dates of every annoying cluckfest.
“[It’s] early morning noise distress,” Auerbach wrote in a letter to a city official. “We’re at our wit’s finish.”
“There’s a easy repair — take away the rattling rooster from the property,” he crowed.
The complaints resulted in a months-long city investigation and the chicken’s proprietor being hit with a uncommon noise nuisance violation, officers stated, in response to court docket papers. Nonetheless, the city didn’t take away Brownie, who continued to crow uncontrollably every morning, the Auerbach’s stated.
However Mayorga’s daughter, Ana Nunez, contends Auerbach began the barnyard battle as a result of he merely needs to Airbnb the house to the pool celebration set.
She stated Auerbach despatched her household a threatening letter that falsely claimed to be from a lawyer, and that he has honked and shouted at them over the rooster.
“Complainant states that Auerbach has . . . given her pretend paperwork claiming to be from his legal professional,” an East Hampton City police officer wrote in a report, in response to the East Hampton Star.
“He’s making a nuisance. It’s harassment by him delivering a pretend lawyer’s letter…That’s a criminal offense,” Nunez, who herself is an legal professional, informed The Submit. “That is what an animal does.”
Auerbach couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon the pretend lawyer declare.
Her household even constructed a shed over the hen coop to maintain the rooster from crowing, she stated.
“I believe it’s a mix of entitlement and alternative, as a result of he’s renting the home. The pool is what’s the closest to our hen coop.”
The Mayorgas known as police after receiving the letter, reporting that Auerbach “yelled” at them via a fence and despatched “pretend paperwork claiming to be from his legal professional,” in response to the East Hampton Star, which was first to report the neighborhood conflict.
Auerbach then agreed to cease contacting the household, wrote Andrew Nimmo, an East Hampton City police officer.
Auerbach stated he first tried sending an “extremely well mannered” letter and flowers pleading with them to ditch the cock. They agreed to eliminate the chicken by Might 2023 — however then didn’t comply with via, he stated.
“I really feel strongly about it as a result of I can’t sleep,” he stated. “I’ve tried earplugs, soundproofing, heavy curtains.”
Each side have since lawyered up and the Mayorgas need the noise nuisance quotation, which may end in a $1,000 high quality, dropped.
The case is ready to go to trial within the city’s Justice Court docket of East Hampton on April 30.
Further reporting by Steve Janoski
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