Commercial building in NYC doubles as legal swingers' club

NEW YORK -- There is a commercial space in the heart of Lower Manhattan that looks like a plain old office building. But inside, there's a sex club, and police and other tenants can't do anything to stop it.

Neighbors were shocked to learn that the wild swingers club even existed inside, with the Amsterdam Club apparently renting space on the third floor of the 27 Cliff Street location.

"That's definitely surprising for me to come across," said one man, who works in the building for a security company. "I never saw something like that."

He had no idea that a few floors below, there were alleged sex parties going on. The Amsterdam Club even advertises Freaky Fridays and Swinging Sundays on its website at a location described as a loft in the posh Financial District.

"Wow, I'm amazed," one woman said. "I had no idea. I thought we had a rather quiet, dignified neighborhood."

But other tenants in the building have complained to landlord Raj Sawhney about loud and inappropriate noises. Sawhney told Eyewitness News that he has two legal cases pending against the tenant, one for $30,000 in back rent owed and another because of alleged criminal activity.

Police issued a summons about two weeks ago for the sale of alcohol without a license, but sex, as long as it isn't sold, is legal.

Some neighborhood residents, however, say they aren't bothered by the alleged swingers club.

"To each his own," one passerby said.

But those working in the building don't like it at all.

"Our office is here," the security worker said. "I don't want nothing to conflict with our office."

The owner may have a tough time leasing the available ground-floor space, now that word has spread about what's happening up in the building.