Photo credit: David Brown by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Before buying a house in a new neighborhood in northwest Oklahoma City, homebuyer Larry Vargas noticed an...
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Op-ed spurs noise pollution debate
Photo credit: Daniel Frank by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Our blog readers might not be surprised by this Jersey City Times op-ed that speaks to the lack of...
Reduced hours for NYC’s tourist helicopter tours
Photo credit: Chait Goli by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Stop the Chop NY/NJ, a nonprofit working to ban all nonessential helicopter flights over New York City, the...
Short-term renters in Los Angeles disturb locals
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As the number short-term rentals has increased in Los Angeles County, residents in a number of...
The distress caused by noisy neighbors
Photo credit: Reynaldo #brigworkz Brigantty by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As the member of the GrowNYC Board of Directors who responds to New York City noise...
Montreal suburb must compensate residents for excessive noise
Photo credit: Céline Chamiot-Poncet by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies A Superior Court judge in Quebec ruled that residents of a Montreal suburb, Brossard, will be...
New Yorkers push to lower the volume at local stadium
Photo credit: Ed, licensed under CC BY 2.0 DEED by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York has been a presence in the community for the...
Using a car alarm for personal safety and home security
Photo credit: Julia Avamotive by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In a recent article about creative ways to use a vehicle key fob, Readers Digest recommended using a car’s panic alarm to enhance personal safety in isolated places, and to scare...
A loud A.C. unit at one U.N. member’s building is disturbing neighbors
Photo credit: Xabi Oregi by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Andrew Keh’s New York Times article on Sept. 25 reminds readers how difficult it was a couple of weeks ago for...