From QueensExaminer.com: The Flushing community has had enough with the never-ending plane noise. Leaders and residents throughout the community have joined together to call on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to revert back to pre-2012 flight paths that had planes take off over Flushing Meadows Park instead of through the heart of downtown Flushing. On Monday, […] Read More
Airplane Noise
From QChron.com: Obama administration aims to fight climate change from emissions The Environmental Protection Agency will regulate pollution from airplanes — an issue that affects many Queens residents, given the presence of LaGuardia and JFK airports — in an effort to curb climate change, the agency announced on Monday. “Addressing pollution from aircraft is an […] Read More
From QChron.com: Air noise monitor data finds sound levels often exceed regulatory limit State Sens. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) and Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) joined Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing), quiet skies advocate Susan Carroll and others on Monday to urge the Federal Aviation Administration to lower the day-night average sound level — the amount […] Read More
From Toby Ann Stavisky's page on the New York State Senator's website: Flushing, NY—Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing), joined by Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr, Councilman Peter Koo, Community Activist Susan Carroll, Chairman of Community Board 7 Aviation Committee Warren Schrieber, Len Schaier of Quiet Skies, residents and community leaders, announced data from a Federal Aviation Administration […] Read More
From NY1: Elected officials and community activists unveil new airplane noise data in Flushing. As NY1's Shannan Ferry explains, they're calling on aviation agencies to reduce the noise. Loud airplanes frequently flying overhead. It's an issue Flushing resident Susan Carroll said is ruining her quality of life and getting worse. "I mean you can't sleep, you […] Read More
From AMNY.com: Lawmakers, activists seek reduction in sound FAA says it supports bid to curb aircraft noise Noise levels in the Flushing, Queens, neighborhood near LaGuardia Airport exceeded federal levels on one of every three days earlier this year, elected officials and community activists said Monday. The maximum permissible Day/Night Noise Level — or DNL […] Read More
From NTDTV.com: ***NOTE: Article text below is translated from Korean by Google Translate--As such, it is not necessarily accurate*** [NTD July 26, 2016 Reuters Queens Flushing of aircraft noise problems, has long been criticized, today, the New York senator Stassen Stravinsky announced, aircraft Flushing noise data . Senator Starr Stravinsky hands, this data, since the […] Read More
SCHUMER CALLS ON PORT AUTHORITY TO ACCELERATE COMPLETION OF NOISE STUDIES IN COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING JFK & LAGUARDIA AIRPORTS ; COMPLETION OF ‘PART 150 NOISE STUDIES’ COULD HELP REMEDIATE AIRPLANE NOISE & PROVIDE LONG - SOUGHT RELIEF TO COMMUNITIES Part 150 Studies Will Better Evaluate Noise Impacts to Communities Surrounding JFK & LaGuardia Airport & […] Read More
