The Port Authority finally caved and agreed to the air quality study. They spent billions on their runways while poisoning us but today they had to admit we deserve the truth. Keep your eyes on them because we will hold them to every single word of this agreement.
April 8, 2020
Live near an airport? What’s in the air you breathe? You have a right to know!
Final supporters
Live near an airport? What’s in the air you’re breathing? You have a right to know!
Demand a study of the air around JFK International Airport!
Studies show that if you live within five to ten miles of an airport, you may face increased exposure to environmental carcinogens such as benzene, along with carbon monoxide, lead and ozone generated by the exhaust from aircraft and diesel engines. Studies suggest that ultra fine particulate matter as well as other pollutants from jet fuel emissions are in higher concentrations around airports and under flight paths. This is not healthy! These pollutants are linked to cancer, chronic diseases such as asthma, heart disease, diabetes, COPD, high blood pressure, and premature death.
The demand for flying is ever increasing worldwide. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), like other airport sponsors, is making a major effort to meet that demand. It has leveraged over $13 billion to position JFK airport as the premier airport in the world. But what about the stakeholders on the ground? Just how is JFK airport affecting the air that residents of communities within five to ten miles from the airport are breathing? What are the potential health impacts? And what can be done to mitigate any resultant harms?
The JFK Airport Committee of the New York Community Aviation Roundtable has adopted a proposal requesting comprehensive, independent air quality studies and mitigations to address these concerns. The Eastern Queens Alliance supports this proposal. Sign this petition to show that you support these proposed projects as well. Your signature tells Governor Andrew Cuomo and your congressional representative that you want to know what’s in the air you’re breathing, and that you want appropriate follow-up and mitigation to be implemented to address any negative findings.
To: Governor Mario Cuomo and your Congressional Representative
I want an independent, comprehensive air quality quality study for communities within five to ten miles from JFK Airport to determine what’s in the air that we are breathing. Furthermore, I want appropriate follow-up and mitigation to address any findings from these studies.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 11, 2020
March 2, 2020
The Port Authority is sitting on billions of dollars while our lungs pay the price for their expansion. I have been digging through their recent reports and the lack of transparency about our air quality is absolutely infuriating.
Reached 100 supporters
October 26, 2019
155 Comments
Having lived in very close proximity of JFK Airport since 1988 and see it continued expansion, it is clear there is no concern for the health and impact on its adjacent residents affected by JFK expansion.
As a woman born and raised in Queens, I grew up walking distance from LGA and currently reside five minutes from JFK. I'm most certainly interested and concerned about any pollutants the people of my communities, family, friends and myself may be exposed to.
I live in Springfield Gardens, NY which is a 10-15 minute drive from JFK Airport and I want to know how "clean" or polluted is the air in the Springfield Gardens, Laurelton, Rosedale and Far Rockaway sections of Queens, New York?
Lives less than 2 mile away from JFK. Seriously inquiring what exactly was and still breathing in for 28 plus years and how it effects my health and what can be done.
Our current situation is due to environmental racism; minority communities will continue to be expose to hazardous environmental conditions due in part to the profit driven mentality of local and state politicians. Darn shame.
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The Port Authority finally caved and agreed to the air quality study. They spent billions on their runways while poisoning us but today they had to admit we deserve the truth. Keep your eyes on them because we will hold them to every single word of this agreement.
April 8, 2020
Live near an airport? What’s in the air you breathe? You have a right to know!
Final supporters
Live near an airport? What’s in the air you’re breathing? You have a right to know!
Demand a study of the air around JFK International Airport!
Studies show that if you live within five to ten miles of an airport, you may face increased exposure to environmental carcinogens such as benzene, along with carbon monoxide, lead and ozone generated by the exhaust from aircraft and diesel engines. Studies suggest that ultra fine particulate matter as well as other pollutants from jet fuel emissions are in higher concentrations around airports and under flight paths. This is not healthy! These pollutants are linked to cancer, chronic diseases such as asthma, heart disease, diabetes, COPD, high blood pressure, and premature death.
The demand for flying is ever increasing worldwide. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), like other airport sponsors, is making a major effort to meet that demand. It has leveraged over $13 billion to position JFK airport as the premier airport in the world. But what about the stakeholders on the ground? Just how is JFK airport affecting the air that residents of communities within five to ten miles from the airport are breathing? What are the potential health impacts? And what can be done to mitigate any resultant harms?
The JFK Airport Committee of the New York Community Aviation Roundtable has adopted a proposal requesting comprehensive, independent air quality studies and mitigations to address these concerns. The Eastern Queens Alliance supports this proposal. Sign this petition to show that you support these proposed projects as well. Your signature tells Governor Andrew Cuomo and your congressional representative that you want to know what’s in the air you’re breathing, and that you want appropriate follow-up and mitigation to be implemented to address any negative findings.
To: Governor Mario Cuomo and your Congressional Representative
I want an independent, comprehensive air quality quality study for communities within five to ten miles from JFK Airport to determine what’s in the air that we are breathing. Furthermore, I want appropriate follow-up and mitigation to address any findings from these studies.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 11, 2020
March 2, 2020
The Port Authority is sitting on billions of dollars while our lungs pay the price for their expansion. I have been digging through their recent reports and the lack of transparency about our air quality is absolutely infuriating.
Reached 100 supporters
October 26, 2019
155 Comments
I have seen how low these airplanes get over residential neighborhoods when they are coming in for landing. There are many children and adults with respiratory conditions and the fumes worsen their problems. We definitely need to know about air quality.
Having lived in very close proximity of JFK Airport since 1988 and see it continued expansion, it is clear there is no concern for the health and impact on its adjacent residents affected by JFK expansion.
As a woman born and raised in Queens, I grew up walking distance from LGA and currently reside five minutes from JFK. I'm most certainly interested and concerned about any pollutants the people of my communities, family, friends and myself may be exposed to.
I live in Springfield Gardens, NY which is a 10-15 minute drive from JFK Airport and I want to know how "clean" or polluted is the air in the Springfield Gardens, Laurelton, Rosedale and Far Rockaway sections of Queens, New York?
Lives less than 2 mile away from JFK. Seriously inquiring what exactly was and still breathing in for 28 plus years and how it effects my health and what can be done.
Our current situation is due to environmental racism; minority communities will continue to be expose to hazardous environmental conditions due in part to the profit driven mentality of local and state politicians. Darn shame.
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I have seen how low these airplanes get over residential neighborhoods when they are coming in for landing. There are many children and adults with respiratory conditions and the fumes worsen their problems. We definitely need to know about air quality.