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Council backs measures to curb nonessential helicopter flights from city heliports and calls on FAA to act
Summary
Council sponsors introduced a package to phase out the noisiest nonessential helicopter flights at two city heliports, call on the FAA for broader flight bans, and seek a noise tax; sponsors cited large increases in 311 complaints and a recent fatal Hudson River crash.
The New York City Council introduced and discussed a package of measures aimed at reducing noise and safety impacts from nonessential helicopter flights, including a local prohibition on the noisiest helicopters operating nonessential flights out of two city heliports and calls for state and federal action.
Council member Amanda Farias, the council’s majority leader, said Intro 26‑a would prohibit helicopters that do not meet the Federal Aviation Administration’s most stringent noise standard (Stage 3) from conducting nonessential flights — defined in the bill as sightseeing, luxury and commuter services — out of the East 34th Street (East 30 Fourth Street in the transcript) and Downtown Manhattan (Wall Street) heliports beginning at the end of 2029. Emergency response, law enforcement, and…
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