To the Editor:
I didn’t go by the Kardashians’ event, but I heard from residents it was a zoo. Paulie D. spinning for those two is East Coast reality T.V. trash famous for doing absolutely nothing of worth, entertaining West Coast reality T.V. trash famous for doing absolutely nothing of worth. DJ’ing is a talent, and I have yet to see Paulie display any talent as I channel-surf, so doubt his qualifications as a D.J.
I was involved in the 1970s and ’80s club scene in Soho and knew lots of the famous D.J.s, and those guys had talent and creativity.
Fashion’s Night Out is getting progressively worse and more disruptive. By 9 p.m., I could hear hordes of young men on West Broadway, two blocks away, hollering in unison, like soccer fans at the World Cup.
Then at 10:30 it got real bad on Prince and Greene Streets. Apparently, Kanye West, the rapper who lives in Soho, was spotted, a flash mob of underage kids appeared and chaos reigned as people were screaming, hooting and blocking traffic.
The problem is the stores freely offer free booze, unlimited, without a license from the State Liquor Authority to anyone who enters a store, regardless of age, never ID’ing. Visit a few stores, and you get drunk.
Police vans were called to Prince Street, which was closed at Mercer Street to westbound traffic.
It is a disgrace. No N.Y.P.D. presence before the event — then, too little, too late. Packs of young, drunk kids roaming around. It didn’t end till midnight. It was like Fort Lauderdale spring break, but at least in Fort Lauderdale, there are police present.
Mayor Bloomberg and Anna Wintour, whose dumb idea this was, need to end this nonsense before someone gets hurt. The S.L.A. needs to send enforcement agents that night to bust anyone distributing alcohol to minors.
I heard the scene was even worse in the Meat Market.
Coincidentally, I walked past Anna Wintour’s home in Greenwich Village on Sullivan Street and it was quiet. She wouldn’t pull this crap in front of her home, nor would Bloomie allow it on the Upper East Side. Those dowagers would be up in arms. But they pull this nonsense year after year.
Who cleans up all the garbage left behind on the streets after this event? Will Wintour? Will the city not fine the residents if they get a ticket? It’s time to end Fashion’s Night Out.
Sean Sweeney
