Photo credit: Damir Mijailovic by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We have written several blog posts over the years about fireworks frightening animals, especially dogs, but this article in Patch discusses how fireworks sounds can trigger post-traumatic...
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New York City Council takes aim at helicopter noise
Photo credit: SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies New York State is waiting for the governor to sign a bill that will reduce helicopter flights in...
Dutch government limits Schiphol flights
Photo credit: Shoestring at wts wikivoyage has dedicated this image into the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Netherlands’ Schiphol Airport is one of the world’s busiest, and its environmental impacts both in terms of noise pollution...
Battle over the East Hampton Airport
Photo credit: Americasroof licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The East Hampton Airport, which has given New Yorkers access to the beaches of...
Virginia Beach to target noise
Photo credit: Dirk Kirchner licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Virginia Beach’s City Council, like other City Councils nationally, is...
The effects of noise on health
Photo credit: Loïc Manegarium by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Most people, most audiologists, and most doctors don’t know that noise has non-auditory health effects, but it does. The scientific evidence is ample and incontrovertible, and well known in...
Enhanced noise laws aren’t effective without enhanced enforcement
Photo credit: Abraham by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies My mother came to New York City from Toronto, as a young woman, married here, and had two children. When I was...
With helicopter noise complaints on the rise, governments must act
Photo credit: Charles Parker by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies With all the negatives COVID brought to New York City, the one positive that I heard from people who live...
The inconsideration of the noisy
Photo credit: Darya Sannikova by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Michael Moynihan, The Irish Examiner, asks “Why is it that noisy people show no consideration for...









