Elected officials are working on the aircraft noise issue

To the Editor,

In the seven or so years I have been working on the helicopter and
aircraft noise issues, the last two years working with Congressman Steve
Israel and Assembly Members Michelle Schimel and Edward Ra, have been
the most productive. Many of you read or hear about the the results of
their work but not about the effort they go through to get things done.

At the state level Assembly Members Michelle Schimel and Ed RA have been on the
forefront of the effort to get the PANYNJ to come up with a single noise
complaint number, to get the Part 150 study authorized and most recently
to get the 55 DNL contours included in the Part 150 Study. Getting all
that done has been tough but Assembly Members Schimel and Ra never gave up. And
with the support of Assembly Members Charles Lavine and Michele Titus, but without a
lot of yelling and screaming, they did it.

Further, the recent activities of Representatives Israel and Meng on the
55 DNL issue is part of a coordinated effort by the officials mentioned
to get to the FAA noise threshold changed to a value consistent with
recent findings on the health impact of aircraft noise.

In Reps. Israel, Meng, Schimel, Ra, Titus and Lavine we have a team of
real, straight talking people who get things done.

Len Schaier, President
quietskies.net