NOISE WILL BE NOISE

NYPD’s deaf ear

Noise complaints in the city surged through 2015 — especially at bars and clubs — with authorities rarely taking action, according to an audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

“The number of noise complaints in New York City more than doubled between 2010 and 2015, including tens of thousands involving nightlife, but my auditors found limited communication between the SLA [State Liquor Authority] and NYPD to address the grievances,” DiNapoli said.

“Establishments with hundreds of complaints lodged against them faced little or no repercussions. For the sake of city residents, more action must be taken to address noisy clubs and bars.”

Even more complaints are anticipated in the future, as last month The Post reported that a new NYPD directive forbids cops from entering residences on a noise complaint unless they get permission.

Citizens are being emboldened by the directive, telling cops to get off their property, a police source said.

“We’re already encountering a big resistance,” the source said.

DiNapoli found that 86,365 noise complaints were called in to 311 in 2010, growing to 179,394 in 2015.

Clubs and bars accounted for 38,401 of those complaints in 2010, zooming to 93,412 in 2015.

Official action against these establishments has been hindered by lack of communication between the NYPD and the SLA, the comptroller found.

For example, Kahlua’s Cafe at 2117 Third Ave. in East Harlem received 1,350 complaints in 2014-15. Over a three-month period, there were 828 complaints at the Mexican eatery — but the NYPD took “corrective action” in only 119 cases, according to the audit. Cafe manager Adrian Sanchez said it is licensed for karaoke and a jukebox and that most of the complaints came from a person who lived upstairs and was “kind of weird.”

“We haven’t had complaints lately, honestly, in a long time,” he added.

The NYPD responded to the audit by saying it has made “some recent adjustments” to better address noise complaints at bars and clubs.

The SLA disagreed with most of the comptroller’s findings.