Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Wants FAA To Pay For Toll-Free
Hotline
A New York Congresswoman is backing anti-aviation NIMBYs in her
district by calling on the FAA to cooperate in making it easier for
her constituents to lodge complaints about aircraft noise.
The Five Towns Patch reports Carolyn McCarthy, (pictured,) a
Democrat representing New York's Fourth District, sent a letter
October 7 to FAA Regional Administrator Carmine Gallo and Port
Authority of New York & New Jersey Director of Aviation Susan
Baer, asking them to clearly delineate their jurisdictions and
create a joint toll-free hotline for noise complaints, which she
says would help citizens cut through the red tape of two large
agencies and resolve the problem of increasing airplane noise.
McCarthy told the agencies, “I have heard from residents
all over my district expressing their concern regarding the number
of airplanes that fly over their homes." She has also asked the two
agencies attend an October 24 meeting of the
Town-Village-Aircraft-Safety & Noise Abatement Committee, and
be prepared to respond to her inquiries.
McCarthy has been active on the aircraft noise issue in the
past, at one point successfully sponsoring an amendment to the FAA
Reauthorization Act that encouraged the Port Authority to conduct a
noise study focusing on the areas surrounding JFK and LaGuardia.
She also introduced a bill which would have provided a tax credit
for the installment of soundproofing in homes.
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