East Hampton Community Alliance

12/08/2022

Heartwarming story about ARF and Dr. George Dempsey flying puppies in search of forever homes to East Hampton. Thanks for all your work on behalf of animals in need.

The medical director of East Hampton Family Medicine joined a team that transported nine puppies and their mother from New Mexico to the East End.

08/26/2022

Save the date! Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 10AM - 3PM. Come support the East Hampton Airport at Just Plane Fun Day.

08/11/2022

The town of East Hampton is refusing to respond to reasonable requests to discuss a solution to the airport. What is really going on?

(EHCA's latest advertisement in Dan's Papers)

06/03/2022

This is yet another article showing there is a path for productive conversations outside of the courtroom to ensure the future of aviation in East Hampton.

Air traffic to and from East Hampton Airport was typically brisk over the Memorial Day weekend, the temporary restraining order granted by a New York State Supreme Court Justice having halted the town board’s plan to briefly close the airport last month and reopen it as a private facility with adv...

04/25/2022

Heartened to see the East Hampton community and the Airport assisting Ukrainian families in need.

By Cailin Riley Sunlight flooded through the glass windows and doors of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons in Shinnecock Hills on Saturday morning, where children sat at large tables dyeing and decorating Easter eg

04/15/2022

Erin King Sweeney of the East Hampton Community Alliance, a pro-aviation group, cited a Newsday report saying that 40 percent of complaints about the airport came from just 10 households, and said that anti-airport activists are publicly urging residents to file noise complaints before the new framework is even in place.

“Everything is on track to go from public to private use,” Bill O’Connor told the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday.

04/14/2022

"We realize that the future of aviation in East Hampton relies upon good faith and a common willingness to address the legitimate concerns of the residents."

Hear more from EHCA Executive Director Erin King Sweeney on East Hampton's decision to stick with curfews and one-flight limits at the soon to be new airport.

BY MICHAEL WRIGHT The East Hampton Town Board this week officially introduced the regulations it will put in place at East Hampton Airport when it is reactivated on May 19. The board stuck largely with the recommendations from consultants of a one-fl

03/31/2022

Quoted here, the EHCA is pleased that the town and F.A.A. are working closely to maintain an airport in East Hampton and we're encouraging the town to respond to legitimate requests from the community to be involved with the development of the P.P.R. framework.

A statement issued from East Hampton Town Hall last week indicated that the plan to deactivate East Hampton Airport on May 17 and reopen it as the private-use “East Hampton Town Airport” two days later is proceeding on schedule, but aviation interests continue to insist that the plan is unworkab...

03/25/2022

EHCA urges reasonable PPR and community involvement in process of the airport going private. Hear the latest from EHCA Executive Director Erin King Sweeney:

The East Hampton Airport got the green light from the FAA on its plan to privatize. The airport is expected to be closed May 18 and will reopen as a private airport on May 19. Newsday's Cecilia Dowd reports.

01/26/2022

If Southampton, East Hampton, and Montauk want to keep the airport open — then why does the town board of East Hampton want to risk permanent closure?

EHCA has aired a new TV ad to ask this very question:

01/21/2022

EHCA agrees with Mayor Larsen that temporary closure is not the answer. The Village of East Hampton and the surrounding towns and villages deserve better.

01/17/2022

Supervisor Schneiderman understands the risks of temporary closure of East Hampton Airport. The risks for Southampton are real and the impact could be permanent.

Southampton and the surrounding towns and villages deserve better.