In September, 20-year-long federal grant assurances that require the Town of East Hampton, NY, to keep its airport open will expire, moving control of the airport to the Town and opening the possibility it could opt to close the airfield where its efforts to restrict operations to reduce noise impact were stuck down by a federal appeals court in 2016. Since May, the East Hampton Town Board has been actively engaged with airport stakeholders and the community in analysis and discussion about the airport’s impacts and its future through a “re-envisioning” process.
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