Melissa Elstein

With helicopter noise complaints on the rise, governments must act

With helicopter noise complaints on the rise, governments must act

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,

NYC’s growing helicopter problem

NYC’s growing helicopter problem

Photo credit: Matthis Volquardsen from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Melissa Elstein, Board of Directors, Stop the Chop NY/NJ A recent article by Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, examines New York City’s growing helicopter problem. Despite complaints about the “nonstop buzzing of helicopters,” which have "jumped