Photo credit: Roy Reyna by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies According to Ole Siever’s article in amNY, “New York’s subways are loud, and they’re not getting any quieter.”...
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Times Square Margaritaville facing noise fines
Photo credit: Jose Francisco Fernandez Saura by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When people think of noise in New York City, they often mention Times Square as a crowded,...
House passes historic FAA legislation
Photo credit: Marina Hinic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When the U.S. Senate passed the Federal Aviation Authority Reauthorization Bill last week, we learned that...
New York City noise cameras are catching, and fining, loud drivers
Photo credit: Helena Lopes by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on the Road & Track website, published earlier this month, discusses the effectiveness of New York City’s pilot noise camera program in catching cars with loud exhausts. The...
“Noise tax” proposed for NYC helicopter flights
Photo credit: Fernando Gonzalez by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While New York City Council considers a bill to restrict non-essential flights in the city, state bills...
Testify to ban nonessential helicopter flights in NY/NJ
Photo credit: Valery Anatolievich by Abby Harrison, Editor, Quiet Communities New York City Council will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16 on bills to ban nonessential helicopter traffic at NYC-run heliports, as well as other helicopter-issue bills...
Making life in NYC less noisy
Photo credit: Ketut Subiyanto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Gothamist has an excellent article about noise in New York City, quoting our noise colleague Arline Bronzaft. As reporter Catalina Gonella writes, “just because the city never sleeps...
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...
New York City approves bills meant to decrease noise pollution
Photo credit: Alex Azabache by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The New York City Council has introduced four new policies, under the Stop the Noise Act, to address the...