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Senators seek quiet northeast skies
Schumer and Gillibrand urge new FAA chair to commit to reducing air traffi c noise
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Back in March, President
Trump nominated Steve
Dickson, Delta’s former senior
vice president for flight
operations, to head the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA).
But U.S. Senate Minority
Leader Charles E. Schumer and
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
called on Dickson to commit
to reducing aircraft noise
for Queens and Long Island
residents before they consider
his nomination.
Residents in certain areas
of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk
Counties deal with incessant
helicopter and airplane noise,
particularly during the summer
months when air traffic
increases. In a letter to Dickson,
Schumer and Gillibrand
highlighted Queens and Long
Island residents’ concerns and
urged the nominee to make the
issue a priority.
“Before we will consider
any new nominee to head
the FAA, we need to hear
from the nominee about what
will be done to address the
high levels of airplane and
helicopter noise that challenge
so many communities in Long
Island, Queens, the Bronx
and elsewhere,” said Senator
Schumer. “That is why we are
demanding that the nominee
for FAA administrator commit
to listening and responding
with specific policy changes to
the long-ignored frustrations of
New Yorkers overburdened by
aircraft noise.”
In October 2018, the FAA
introduced the six-month North
Shore Helicopter Route, which
directed air traffic away from
neighborhoods like Whitestone
and Bayside. In April 2019,
the FAA announced that the
route would be extended until
October 2019.
LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT IN ASTORIA
Fireworks lit up the night sky over Astoria on June 27 during an early Independence Day celebration
thrown by the Central Astoria Local Development Corporation. Photo by Dean Moses
Creep grabs
himself on
the platform
in F. Hills
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for a
man who was seen touching
himself at a Forest Hills
train station.
Police say that at 7:30
a.m. on June 19, a 41-yearold
woman was waiting on
the R train platform at the
67th Avenue station when
she looked over and saw an
unknown man touching near
his groin area.
The suspect then f led the
station to parts unknown.
The victim was not injured as
a result of this incident.
The incident was reported
to the 112th Precinct and
the NYPD Transit Bureau
District 20.
Cops described the alleged
creep as a black man between
the ages of 30 and 40 years
old. He was last seen wearing
all dark clothing.
The perpetrator can be
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Brutal beatdown at
Woodhaven station
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Police released on June 27 video of a violent
attack at a J train station in Woodhaven in which
two men brutally punched and stomped on a 29-
year-old victim.
Outrage over Jack. Hts. bias crime
BY MARK HALLUM
The irony was not
lost on activists Bianey
Garcia and Norma Ureiro
when they were attacked
with pepper spray in
Jackson Heights while
making a documentary
about the experiences of
transgender people on
June 29.
After a brief stint
in Elmhurst Hospital,
Garcia and Ureiro
spoke at a rally about
their recent experience
alleging that the police
did not adequately
respond to the attack
which began as a salvo of
slurs before it escalated
further.
“We were doing a
documentary in Jackson
Bianey Garcia, a transgender activist, Heights to demonstrate
was attacked on the streets of Jackson
Heights. Photo: Mark Hallum/QNS
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