Photo credit: Labskiii from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Emma Morgan, The Connexion, writes that in rural France the first “fixed sound-level radar camera...
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A short course about noise
Photo credit: Gabriel Hohol from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our noise colleague, and Quiet Coalition co-founder, Arline Bronzaft, PhD, Professor Emerita at the City University of New York, will be giving a 3-session online course about noise...
New York City addresses environmental justice
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...
New York City to purchase electric refuse trucks
Photo courtesy of Mack Trucks by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Sami Grover, Treehugger, writes that the New York City’s Sanitation Department has been testing a fully electric refuse vehicle this past...
New York City considers 24-hour nightlife pilot project
Photo credit: Edgie168 licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition The pandemic hurt New York City’s businesses significantly and, thus, opening up the City is being welcomed by...
Noise takes on growing importance in NYC mayor’s race
Photo credit: Vova Krasilnikov from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times in a recent column on New York City mayor’s race notes that “quality-of-life issues take on growing...
Outdoor eating and neighbor noise complaints
Photo credit: Eden, Janine and Jim licnsed under CC BY 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Recognizing the difficulties restaurants faced during this horrific pandemic, New York City has provided increased...
NYC mayoral candidate makes noise an issue
Photo credit: Thomas Good licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Shant Shahrigian’s article on New York City mayoral candidate Scott Stringer's recent press conference to discuss city...
New York pols seek stiffer fines for modified mufflers
NY pols seek stiffer fines for modified mufflers, writes Dr. Arline Bronzaft, who says enacting a law isn’t enough—laws actually have to be enforced to make a difference.