TESTIMONY
Anna Maria Demolka, Downtown Brooklyn Resident and Actress on the Impact of Helicopter Noise on Professional Work and Quality of Life
3:08:03
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135 sec
Anna Maria Demolka, a Downtown Brooklyn resident and actress, testifies about how helicopter noise disrupts her ability to tape auditions from home.
- She explains that the constant helicopter traffic has turned her area from a quiet neighborhood to one on the flight path
- Demolka describes how the noise pollution from helicopters ruins audition tapes when she finally nails a take
- She laments the loss of outdoor spaces like parks as havens from the congestion and noise of city life
- Demolka emphasizes the importance of these quiet spaces for residents' mental health and sanity, which she feels is being undermined for profit motives
Anna Maria Demolka
3:08:03
Thank you.
3:08:03
Hi.
3:08:03
My name is Anna Maria Demolka, and I live in Downtown Brook I'm a an actress.
3:08:12
And the only reason I say that is because, you know, in this new landscape where everything's being bring bring brought home.
3:08:21
We have to tape now from home auditions and Needless to say, I have gone from not in the route of the flight path to in the route, and there are helicopters coming I have to tape.
3:08:34
And when you hit that spot where you actually nailed an audition and a freaking helicopter comes by and ruins it for you, that's a lot of work.
3:08:43
But aside from that, I wanted to bring up something that I I aside from the noise pollution is the the sky the skyline pollution.
3:08:55
I have actually muted myself and just looked at all the helicopters at one I was down in the Brooklyn Bridge Park, which used to be my respite and my solace and my paws.
3:09:06
Because We, as a city, are in relationship with everybody, especially in such a tight congested area.
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What happens when we are piled up, what Everyone here has been imagining in our relationship.
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Things get heated.
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You're in each other's faces.
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Pause, space, a breath, a moment away, the parks, the botanic gardens.
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That's what that is for the city.
3:09:32
You know, it helps us come back to a more clear, a more sane way to deal with the situation.
3:09:39
But unfortunately, sanity is not thought of his profit or, you know, tax deductible or, you know, but it is crucial And I feel like that is not being When did that stop becoming a value, especially in a city?
3:09:59
Our sanity is everything, especially right now with what's going on in the in in the world.
3:10:05
We need these places to go and recalibrate and come back and deal with something in a sane manner, and that's been taken away by these helicopters.
3:10:17
So thank you.
