Port Authority Increases Noise Monitoring
BY JORDAN GIBBONS Staff Writer At the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey roundtable discussion at York College on Nov. 20, representatives from the …
Congressional Group Forms Quiet Skies Caucus
BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer As part of the continued effort to alleviate airplane noise over residential neighborhoods in Queens, several members of the …
New Faces Join Push Against Airplane Noise
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer More voices are joining in a growing shout against airplane noise. Protestors came to Cunningham Park Sunday …
PA Holds Second Noise Roundtable
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer The Port Authority’s airplane noise studies have hit the runway. Last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the Port Authority …
Noise Study To Review Airplane Disruptions
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Staff Writer After months of complaining about the airplane noise that looms over the inner communities living close to LaGuardia and JFK …
Goldfeder, FAA Meet On Airplane Noise
In an effort to ease unbearable airplane noise for local Queens residents, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) held a discussion with the Federal …
Crowley Introduces Act To Lessen Plane Noise
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Staff Writer As community members continue to voice their concerns against airplane noise, U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), …
Residents Advocate Against Airplane Noise
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Staff Writer About 150 residents gathered at PS 69 in Jackson Heights on Nov. 25 to advocate against the increase in airplane noise that …
Gov. Cuomo Rushes Plane Noise Study
BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer For those in northeast Queens who have been hounded by frequent airplane noise, relief may be around the corner. On Nov. 13, Gov. …
FAA Agrees to Review Airplane Noise
BY JOE MARVILLI On May 15, several elected officials announced in a joint statement that the Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to form a committee to …
FAA Lottery Jackpot: Pushing For Friendlier Skies
BY NICK ABADJIAN As Queens elected officials went to Washington this week to commend the Federal Aviation Administration’s lottery to curb air traffic and …
J.F.K. 2000: Building Towards A Future Of Flight
BY RICHARD FASANELLA On a frigid December morning at an unassuming field called Kitty Hawk, a pair of innovative inventors shattered all previous notions of …