Today, everyone is conscious of pollution and its detrimental effects on our environment and health. The most common forms are water, air and plastic pollution, but there is another type . . .
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By Brian Curran
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9/14/23
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The Federal Aviation Administration has just closed the comment period for the flying public regarding the size of airline passenger seats. They were focused on the wrong seats.
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By Ronald J. Rosenberg
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11/10/22
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At the wheel of the Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue Hummer, Dave Weinberger pulled onto the beach off Ocean Boulevard, in Atlantic Beach, and then partially deflated the vehicle’s tires for better traction on the sand.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/26/21
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After roughly four months of rudderless direction, the Town-Village Aircraft Safety & Noise Abatement Committee has a new pilot Larry Hoppenhauer, a nearly six-year member of TVASNAC and a Malverne resident, will be the next executive director.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/3/18
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President Trump endorsed a proposal on June 5 to privatize air-traffic control, an action that was opposed by a number of those who have voiced their frustration over the plane noise plaguing Long Island.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/15/17
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For people who live near John F. Kennedy International Airport, you would think that helicopter noise would be the least of their issues, considering how many much larger jet airplanes arrive and depart from the Queens facility.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/1/17
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Beginning on Feb. 27, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will be intermittently closing John F. Kennedy International Airport’s arrival Runway 4 Right-22 Left for reconstruction until November.
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By Diana Colapietro
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2/15/17
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The plane noise plaguing parts of Queens and Nassau counties was the focus of discussion last week at a citizen advocacy meeting to explain NextGen, a satellite GPS technology that the Federal Aviation Administration says has resulted in $1.6 billion in benefits to airlines and travelers by allowing planes to fly more frequently and closer together, take more direct routes and save time and fuel.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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10/25/16
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With airplanes taking off over their heads and rattling their homes, three Inwood residents helped found the Town-Village Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee 50 years ago.
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By Diana Colapietro
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8/3/16
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In an effort to expedite the noise studies known as Part 150, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) readdressed the problem of airplane noise over houses in a letter to Pat Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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By Stephen Romano
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6/29/16
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