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We've been down this runway before.
Six years ago, when residents of North Shore neighborhoods complained of aircraft noise due to the Kennedy Airport flight patterns, Rep. Tom Suozzi worked with the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control personnel to develop new regulations that would reduce noise and improve his constituents' quality of life.
Now, he and other local elected officials are right back in the same flight pattern.
Some Nassau County residents are complaining about being bombarded with noise from low-flying planes after a group of elected officials said the Federal Aviation Administration abandoned a plan that had curbed the racket by changing flight procedures at Kennedy Airport’s main arrival runways.
Washington, DC – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the placement of five additional Chinese companies on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, raising the total number of restricted entities to 73.
Washington, DC - This week, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY03), joined by Congressman Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY04), New York State Senator Jack Martins, Old Brookville Mayor Bernie Ryba, Brookville Mayor Daniel Serota, East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz, and Town of North Hempstead Councilmember Ed Scott, wrote a strong letter to Administrator Michael Whitaker and Regional Administrator Marie Kennington-Gardiner of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to consider alternate approach procedures for flights into John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Washington, DC - This week, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the importance of the U.S.-India relations ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple in the United States on August 4, 2024.
Tom Suozzi, shown in January, looks to overhaul the country's current immigration policies through bipartisan legislation. Credit: Howard Schnapp
WASHINGTON — A new coalition of stakeholders in immigration policy has begun to pull together bipartisan legislation to secure the border, fix the broken asylum system and modernize immigration law, Rep. Tom Suozzi said Tuesday.
Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said he and Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas) kicked off the new effort last week with a roundtable meeting attended by 50 immigration advocates, business associations and others engaged in the issue in person in Washington and another 70 on Zoom.
Glen Cove, NY - "It's summertime, and the relentless noise from airplanes approaching JFK makes what should be the nicest time of the year unbearable. Residents are rightfully concerned and fed up," declared Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens).
Repeated reports of low-flying planes, loud air traffic noise, and other airplane-related disturbances have increased during the last few months.
Glen Cove, NY - On Tuesday, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) was joined by Eric Swenson, Executive Director of the Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee, along with local elected officials and volunteers delivering 80 crates of “spat-on-shell” oysters to be planted along Nassau County’s north shore of the Long Island Sound. These 1 million oysters will not only help revive the area’s shellfishing tradition but will help further cleanse the harbor’s water.
Washington, DC - On Monday evening, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) hailed the bipartisan passage of H.R. 5441, a bill that reauthorizes Long Island Sound Programs until 2028. The bipartisan bill, passed by a vote of 333 to 51, was cosponsored by Suozzi and reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency's Long Island Sound programs through 2028.