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It's the Environmental Advisory Board of the Village of Garden City. (I think you have to be a resident to attend). It's at the Village Hall at 8pm tomorrow night. We are trying to get a rep from the Congresswoman's office there, but don't have firm confirmation just yet.
I believe the Congresswoman wants to use a resident of GC as her mouthpiece to promote her legislation which gives a tax credit to soundproof homes near airports. Unfortunately, soundproofing costs close to 1,000 PER window...so that tax credit will be meaningless. Also, it doesn't tackle the real problems which are:
1) No variation in flight paths
2) Altitude
3) Volume of flights
4) Arrivals occuring between 11pm and 7am
I've actually been noticing a lot of departing flights over my house - on a northeasterly flight path, and in almost 13 years here I've never seen that.
That's rare. It probably was due to the main runway closure. In the end, departing flights don't really affect us because they are way too high by the time they come over our village. It's the arriving flights that are the problem.
I really don't know how you got used to the noise over the years. Your neighborhood is particularly hit hard because after they pass over Stratford School near me, then come right over there. On a Friday night in the summer, it's not unusual to have 50-60 flights overhead every hour for about 6-7 hours at a time.
I used to live very close to JFK (South Jamaica), I know how annoying it can be but I eventually didn't really notice it after a while. But those Concordes let you know when they're coming and going, the ground shaking and you can't hear a thing for like 30 seconds.
Don't count on it. That main runway is primarily used for takeoffs. It is the arrivals that affect us the most and they love using 22L for those.
Hopefully I'm meeting with a rep of Congresswoman McCarthy tomorrow at the GC EAB meeting. We are going to have a looooooong discussion
Lovely. I wonder when people start moving out and property values sink?
They were still using 22L this afternoon, even with a NW wind. Isn't a crosswind bad for landings?
I used to live very close to JFK (South Jamaica), I know how annoying it can be but I eventually didn't really notice it after a while. But those Concordes let you know when they're coming and going, the ground shaking and you can't hear a thing for like 30 seconds.
The thing is I dont live by the airport here in Westbury, yet they fly at altitudes like they are landing in Roosevelt Field.
It's the Environmental Advisory Board of the Village of Garden City. (I think you have to be a resident to attend). It's at the Village Hall at 8pm tomorrow night. We are trying to get a rep from the Congresswoman's office there, but don't have firm confirmation just yet.
I believe the Congresswoman wants to use a resident of GC as her mouthpiece to promote her legislation which gives a tax credit to soundproof homes near airports. Unfortunately, soundproofing costs close to 1,000 PER window...so that tax credit will be meaningless. Also, it doesn't tackle the real problems which are:
1) No variation in flight paths
2) Altitude
3) Volume of flights
4) Arrivals occurring between 11pm and 7am
Could you please advise if Maloney will in fact have a rep at the meeting.
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