Photo credit: Matthis Volquardsen by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Rep. Jerrold Nadler was joined by Representatives Dan Goldman, Adriano Espaillat, Yvette Clarke, Nydia Velazquez, Jamaal Bowman and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez in his letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams directing
Photo credit: Alvaro Camacho by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Legislation was introduced last week (H.R. 1071) in the House of Representatives by a group of representatives, including three New York members, Jerrold Nadler, Nydia Velazquez, and Daniel Goldman, that will direct
Photo credit: Cameron Casey by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of this site who are familiar with attempts to reduce helicopter noise, especially those who are exposed to this noise, will find this StreetsblogCal article by Kevin Duggan disappointing in that
Photo credit: Robert So by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That helicopter noise has disrupted the lives of many residents in New York and New Jersey has been underscored by the activities of Stop the Chop NY/NJ, an organization that we have
Photo credit: Eslivb licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies It was indeed interesting to read that Professor Susumu Hara of Nagoya University in Japan thought it worthwhile to conduct an experiment that would explore potential stress levels
Photo credit: Archer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Just as federal and local representatives are trying to limit nonessential helicopter travel over New York City, we learn that urban air taxis--electric vertical-takeoff-and landing vehicles, known as eVTOLs--will soon be filling the
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 New York City, and now the New York City Council will be considering a
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 with overhead airplanes and helicopters, is how much quieter it was. However,
Photo credit: Rusty Blazenhoff licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In her opinion piece in the New York Daily News, New York City Councilmember Gale Brewer tells us how often she hears from Manhattanites who are constantly being
Photo credit: Matthis from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Helicopter noise has long received complaints from New Yorkers, but since the start of pandemic helicopter noise complaints to 311 have increased sevenfold writes Zack Helfand in his New Yorker article
