A proposed bill could change the way flights are regulated. NY1's Shannan Ferry filed this report.
Warren Schreiber says loud airplanes flying over Flushing have turned his once-peaceful lifestyle - into the exact opposite.
"You can't keep your windows open, you'll have to interrupt your conversation, um, it's difficult to watch television," said Warren Schreiber.
Although Schreiber and many of his neighbors say the noise problem has only gotten worse over the years, they're hopeful a new piece of legislation by Congresswoman Grace Meng could make things better.
Her proposed bill would make the Environmental Protection Agency responsible for combating aircraft noise nationwide instead of the Federal Aviation Administration.
"The FAA - whenever we elected officials, community leaders have written to them about the increase in airplane noise, have been largely unresponsive," said Meng.
In fact, Meng says the EPA previously oversaw the nation's noise control activities...until it was defunded by the Reagan Administration in 1981 due to budget cuts.
Her bill would restore the agency's Office of Noise Abatement and Control and require them to examine the FAA's effectiveness while overseeing the issue.
"It really is a problem that has to do with the environment, that has to do with one's health," Meng said.
Although airplane noise has always existed in these neighborhoods, residents say it was never disruptive until 2012 when the FAA implemented new flight patterns over the borough.
"We never had a permanent flight route over this neighborhood, so that's 247,000 people in Community Board 7 that never experienced this kind of hazardous noise," said Brian Will.
The FAA declined to comment on the legislation. The EPA did not respond to our request for comment.