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Photo credit: Joe Shlabotnik licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition During this summer season, New York City residents have been calling local representatives, the media, and 311 to...
Photo credit: Gustavo Fring from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition When I sent one of my noise colleagues a draft post about the Discover article on how human noise overwhelms natural sea soundscapes for comment and correction, mentioning quiet...
Photo credit: Zichuan Han from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition I attended the virtual town hall meeting on August 18th that the New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Climate and Sustainability held in...
Photo credit: Sourav Mishra from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist Boss Magazine has unfortunately shared how to add speaker systems to motorcycles. The idea is to set “a whole different mood” by playing music loud enough to hear over the loud exhaust pipes....
Photo credit: Kjetil Ree licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition When you read the headline, you probably reacted as I did. How could noise made in Iceland, in the far reaches of the North Atlantic, be heard in its nearest neighbors?...
Photo credit: Wendy Wei from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In early July of this year, Ariel Palitz, New York City’s Nightlife Director, suggested a pilot project that would permit bars, taverns...
Photo credit: Jay McAnally licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Is it really surprising to learn that New London, Connecticut has experienced an increase in noise complaints this...
Photo credit: rebecca marks licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition On earlier blogs, I had written about the efforts of several New York City Congresspersons and the organization...
Photo credit: Steevven1 licensed under CC BY 2.5 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition The Stop Loud and Excessive Exhaust Pollution Act was passed by the New York State legislature and will soon be sent to...