Articles, Lectures & TV Appearances

Additional Articles With Quotes

• NEW 8/20/2024 New York Today: New Yorkers Who Live Next to a Stadium Say They Can't Take It Anymore
  By James Barron
  New York Times
• 4/11/2022 My neighbor plays his music really loud and with lots of bass. What can I do?
  By Alanna Schuhbach
  Brick Underground
• Autumn 2021 The Gotham Cacophony
  by Nicole Gelinas
  City Journal
• 4/9/2021 Curbed: "A Brooklyn Building Is Screeching. We Asked an Acoustician Why."
  by Caroline Spivack
  New York Magazine
• 11/28/2020 Ask Real Estate: "My Neighbor's Dogs Are Driving Me Crazy. What Can I Do?"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 7/4/2020 Ask Real Estate: "What's the Best Way to Make a Noise Complaint Against My Neighbor?"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 10/26/2019 Ask Real Estate: "Noise Complaint: The Bar Downstairs Blasts Music All Night!"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 6/29/2019 Ask Real Estate: "My Downstairs Neighbor Is Driving Me Crazy"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 3/9/2019 "Ask Real Estate: Can My Upstairs Neighbor Really Make This Much Noise? "
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• January 2019 Stopping a Gym's Noise Interruption at a Television Studio
  Adam Leiman Bailey, P.C.
• 12/27/2018 Style/Domains: "The Sound of Silence"
  by Penelope Green
  New York Times
• 9/23/2018 Mister Softee Music - To some a delightful diversion, to others a noisy nuisance
  by Zak Kostro
  The Riverdale Press
• 7/19/2018 When it Comes to Lack of Noise Violations Against Bars, It’s All About that Bass
  Bowery Boogie
• 7/19/2017 N.Y. / Region: "New York Becomes the City That Never Shuts Up"
  by Winnie Hu
  New York Times
• 4/8/2017 Ask Real Estate: "Noise Complaint: A Plague of Ice Cream Trucks"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 2/22/2017 When a Neighboring Building Is Making Noise
  Habitat
• 2/18/2017 Ask Real Estate: "Noise Complaint: A Loud, Low-Frequency Hum"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 2/2/2017 "Why you should prepare for noise issues when your neighbor renovates"
  by J. C. Cohen
  Brick Underground
• 12/3/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Can My Co-op Fine Me for Not Carpeting My Apartment?"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 11/23/2016 AfterClass: "How to Soundproof Your Fitness Studio"
  Classpass
• 10/20/2016 Reality Bites: "Noisy construction vehicles are parking on my block and making my life miserable. What can I do?"
  Brick Underground
• 10/2/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Construction Noise Complaints"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 6/15/2016 740 Park Avenue Construction Noise Case
  Two magazine articles detail the decision in favor of Acoustilog's client; limiting construction to specified times. Alan Fierstein of Acoustilog provided testimony to demonstrate the noise disturbance.
  The Real Deal
  Vanity Fair
• 5/28/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Nonstop Noise From a Neighbor's Place"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 5/12/2016 Jersey City’s new noise ordinance could hamper bar scene
  by Jeannette Josue
  Hudson County View
• 3/19/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Can I Break My Lease Over Subway Noise?"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 2/24/2016 Daily Intelligencer: DIY Soundproofing
  by S. Jhoanna Robledo
  
  (Scroll down or seach for "DIY" in the article)
  New York Magazine
• 12/19/2015 Ask Real Estate: "A Pianist Silenced"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 12/11/2015 Soundproofing for New York Noise
  by Roy Furchgott
  New York Times
• 9/5/2015 Ask Real Estate: "When the Noisy Neighbor is a Church"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 9/5/2015 Ask Real Estate: "Opera School Noise Complaints"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 7/13/2015 "What's the Loudest Art Museum in New York?"
  Crain's New York Business
  also found at Bloomberg News
• 7/12/2014 Ask Real Estate: "The DJ Next Door"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 6/28/2014 Ask Real Estate: "Neighbors Acting Like Frat Brothers"
  by Ronda Kaysen
  New York Times
• 4/1/2014 "Does Roseland Ballroom's Demise End the Era of the Manhattan Megaclub?"
  The Village Voice
• 12/22/2013 Living With a Business Below
  New York Times
• 12/18/2013 Fitness Facility Crosses Upstairs Neighbors
  Chelsea Now Magazine
• 8/2012 The Sound and the Fury: A Look at Noise and Soundproofing
  The Cooperator
• 4/10/2012 In NYC, quality-of-life complaints soaring, along with litigation
  Metro
• 4/1/2012 "Sue Thy Neighbor"
  The Real Deal: NY Real Estate News
• 12/13/2011 How to Find a Quiet Apartment
  Brick Underground
  also found at Business Insider
• 11/9/2011 Sound Levels of "Occupy Wall Street" Drumming
  NY Daily News
• 8/2010 "Co-op 1, Obnoxious Bar 0"
  Habitat Magazine
• 8/27/2010 "Noisy neighbors: Turning up the volume against the uproar next door"
  NY Daily News
• 11/11/2009 Standard Rolls Lucky Number Six
  by Scott Solish
  Eater NY
• 7/08 "The Noise Children Make"
  Also features an audio interview and slide show with Alan Fierstein
  NY Times
• 7/08 "Getting a Handle on Apartment Noise"
  NY Times
• 11/06 "Room to Improve": Residential Noise Problems
  NY Times
• 4/06 "Now Hear This": Acoustic Tests of Bluetooth Headsets
  Money Magazine
• 4/06 "After Harrowing Cat Rescue, Merchant Now Needs Help"
  The Villager
• 4/06 "The Sound of Rescue"
  Cat Fancy Magazine
• 4/06 "Lucky Molly's in the Lap of Luxury"
  Alan Fierstein uses acoustic gear to locate cat trapped between buildings.
  New York Post
• 05/05 Quiet on the Set (Soundproofing in Co-ops and Condos)
  The Cooperator: Co-op & Condo Monthly
• 04/24/05 Big money, big speakers, big sound
  The News Journal (Delaware)
• 2/11/2005 With all our costly appliances making noise
  By Bradford McKee - Chicago Tribune
• 1/20/05 Is Your Refrigerator Running? So Where's the Chugga-Chugga?
  New York Times
• 3/04 Sound & Fury at Time Warner Center
  New York Post
• 2/04 For Musicians, Solid Walls Make Good Neighbors
  New York Times
• 10/02 Noises Off: Avalon, New York
  Club Systems International
• 10/02 Say What? It's Loud Outside
  New York Daily News
• 4/01"Best of New York" Issue: Home Soundproofing
  New York Magazine
• 6/00 "Sounds of Silence"
  New York Post
• 1/00 "The Nature of Bass"
  Bronx Bulletin
• 11/99 Noise Article, Author: Ethan Smith
  New York Magazine
• 11/99 Nightlife '99: Nightclub Limbo
  New York Magazine
• 4/98 Night Life (About the new China Club)
  Sound & Video Contractor Magazine
• 3/97 "The Sounds of Silence-How You Can Soundproof your Home"
  New York Family
• 6/2/1996 THE GOAL OF MANY: ALL QUIET ON THE HOMEFRONT
  By John S. Saladyga - Orlando Sentinel/NY Newsday
• 12/95 "When Melody Creates Disharmony"-Featured Expert
  New York Times
• 11/93 "Turn Down the Volume" - Acoustic Consultant
  New York Times
• 11/92 "Noises In" - Acoustic Consultant
  New York Magazine
• 9/92 Experience and Planning: Keys To Acoustician/Client Relationship
  Pro Sound News
• 10/88 "A Little Piece of Quiet"
  Vogue Magazine
• 3/22/84 "Silencing the Sounds of the City" -Featured Expert
  New York Times
• 7/77 "Recording Man Hopes to Hear Sweet Sound of Success"
  New York Times