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Friday, September 27, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 39
AUTUMN INSPIRATIONS
O. WESTBURY HIT IN AUTO THEFT SPREE
SUOZZI BACKS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
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FAA failed to act on plane noise: Suozzi
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Says federal agency has not responded to continued complaints BY R O S E W E L D ON U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi (DGlen Cove) is calling for answers from the Federal Aviation Administration after measures agreed upon in June to decrease airplane noise in Nassau County were reversed only days later. They have not been carried out since then. Due to a flight path redirection during construction at John F. Kennedy International Airport, since April residents of Nassau County have seen an increase in aircraft traffic and noise. Suozzi, Rep. Kathleen Rice (DGarden City) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran met with the FAA in May to discuss measures for decreasing the air traffic, according to a news release from Suozzi’s office. FAA officials agreed to a number of steps, released on June 13, which included requiring all aircraft operating west of Deer Park to fly at or about 4,000 feet, air-
craft having to maintain an altitude of 3,000 feet until they are 15 miles from JFK (when certain runways are unaccessible), and that JFK’s air traffic control tower would “rotate usage of operational runways when the weather and workload permit.” The regulations would have begun on June 24 and remained as standard operating procedure at JFK until April 15, 2020, but six days before the procedures would have taken effect, the FAA reversed its decision. A release from Suozzi’s office said that the FAA said “the new regulations ‘require additional internal evaluation’ and that ‘the FAA will coordinate with stakeholders before it makes any decision to implement them.’” Suozzi’s office says that efforts to reach the FAA since then have been unavailing and that the agency “has been noncommittal.” “It has been more than 90 days since the FAA postponed impleContinued on Page 83
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens, which is undergoing repairs to its roof as part of a $4 million renovation of the property’s structures. See story on page 3.
Developer to present plans for Warner Ave. BY R O S E W E L D ON
of Trustees next month. Jerry Karlik, co-founder A Roslyn resident’s appli- and principal of the Manhatcation for construction on the tan-based JK Equities LLC, subWarner Avenue commercial mitted an application for constrip in Roslyn Heights will be struction concerning the retail presented to the village’s Board development, consisting of 281
through 301 Warner Ave. Marisa Monte, of Quinn PR, which represents JK Equities, said that the building would be mixed-use and would include rental apartments and Continued on Page 93
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