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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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Dr. Arline Bronzaft reviews an article on noisy and dangerous helicopters assaulting NYC skies. Bills exist to address the problem, she writes, but the political will does not.
Dr. Arline Bronzaft writes that noise complaints in New York City continue, but the source of the complaint has changed.
Coronavirus is changing NYC’s soundscape. With silence, people can hear things they previously ignored. But cutting through the quiet is the sound of solidarity at 7PM each night.
Dr. Arline Bronzaft reports on charts produced by Bruitparif, the agency that oversees 150 sound monitor around Paris. The charts show a considerable drop in sound levels after the pandemic took hold.