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Photo credit: George Webster by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The new outdoor Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs has not been welcomed by nearby residents, according...
Photo credit: Josh Sorenson by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When I speak to people in cities across the United States about their local noise by-laws, their major...
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...
Photo credit: Xabi Oregi by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Andrew Keh’s New York Times article on Sept. 25 reminds readers how difficult it was a couple of weeks ago for...
Photo credit: Ramil Ugot by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies A while back I wrote a post about a New York City resident, Dietmar Detering, who was able to register...
Why is New York City so noisy? Because an updated noise code can’t enforce itself…and 54 noise inspectors is not enough.
Fighting noise in your community? Be forearmed with essential information on how to convince your mayor or city council members that noise is a public health concern.