Port Authority to study Long Island airplane noise
By DAN O'REGAN
Queens and Nassau county residents lately have had their quiet neighborhoods disrupted by an increase in airplane noise from busy flight paths overhead.
According to Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, D-Bayside, the Federal Aviation Administration in the last three years has doubled up on their flights over the area thanks to efficiency from a new satellite guided flight traffic system and a new flight path know as the "TNNIS Climb," which are FAA call letters named for the flight path over the U.S. Open tennis stadium. The guidance system also brings the planes over the same exact spots every day, adding to the headache for residents.
Although a bill (A.07697/S.03841) requiring the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to conduct a noise and land use compatibility study was vetoed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo because the measure required permission from New Jersey lawmakers, the governor later directed the Port Authority to conduct the study.
"It's one plane a minute from six o'clock in the morning until twelve at night on certain days," Braunstein said. "Three to four days a week I'll wake up in the morning and say 'oh, it's a bad plane day' that means you can't have a barbeque, that means you can't walk in the park. It's just unacceptable for a quiet residential neighborhood that never had it before."
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