Who is Yohji Yamamoto and what is a Y-3 store?

You got the right-of-reply thing halfway working on this non-story, but a little context might be helpful.

Shop Leaves Door Open, news at 11. Bitching about this is why some companies think going paperless qualifies them to win an award for going green.

Complaining about a store keeping its door open hardly qualifies as "speaking on environmental matters" -- what a joke and disservice to true green practices.

I still demand Gothamist clarify the headline to reflect that only one "tipster" -- not multiple residents -- complained.

People will always find something dumb to complain about. Old school NYC, man.

I personally agree with Jen S. And I don't think you'd have to go to Astoria to see this. Maybe we should prioritize the tickets we're going to give.

It's conspicuous consumption, just like people driving ginormous SUVs in a city with no dirt roads or large hills, limited available parking, and expensive gas.

Ah, another novel use of the Algore argument: One cannot speak about environmental matters unless you live in a cave with no electricity.

Even though they pay for their own energy, that energy still has to be generated. It's a grotesque abuse of wealth. These guys can heat the building with the doors wide open, while families in the same city huddle around the oven for warmth. It's about community activism. But that's an oxymoron in NYC.

just luv how the city council is writing laws for stoopid shit like this. They should abolish the city council and put most every practical change to the law to the public to vote, that would closer to 'democracy' than this totalitarian crap we have now.

Oh, the horror of keeping your door open.

Some people really don't have anything better to do, eh?

Really?

This seems pretty simple. Y-3 pays for their heat. Y-3 wants to bring customers into their store. Y-3 decides that extra money/foot traffic from leaving door open is more than the cost of the heat, that they pay for.

They are using something they paid for, in a way that they think is best. If you think you know better, great. If you think you know better and that justifies you telling other people what to do, I'll point you to Abraham Lincoln's "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."

So you have a couple of choices: 1) increase the cost of heat to reflect the "real" ecological cost, 2) teach everyone not to respond to open doors, 3) criminalize and waste valuable inspector time that could be spent actually checking up on health & safety violations.

Hint: One of these options might actually work.

I also object to the headline stating that West Village "residents" are upset. So far it looks like it's just this one woman. Or has gothamist received other complaints?

they pay own rent and their own energy bill, i dont see why its any of the city's fucking business if they decide to leave their door open.

ugh i hate "community activists." will this "tipster" let us into her house and critique all of her non-green practices?

please.

How else are dumb rich people to know that overpriced, overhyped goods are for sale inside?

Agree with janelle...

now I'm shutting down my computer...

non-story? i personally think it's very important. i think there needs to be more whistle-blowing, the fine should be year-round, applying to heat as well as AC. and really, the fine should be more like $200 for every square foot of the opening.

In summer MOST places in soho have this "open door" practice...it is obcene.

Yeah it's a non story but today has been BORING BORING BORING times a billion for new today.

This is a non-story.

If you're really concerned about saving energy, stop up to Astoria Boulevard, where around 50 cars idle for who knows how long every morning to avoid the street sweeper and parking restrictions. Adios, ozone layer.