US Port Authority makes overtures to aircraft-noise activists

New York

SUSAN Carroll has developed a tender relationship with the noise monitor on the roof of her apartment building in Queens. She refers to it as "my monitor" (even though she does not own it) and checks on it daily to make sure it is still working (even though she does not operate it).

"I feel very protective of that monitor," she said. "I feel like I have to watch over it."