It's not just the scenic island in the harbor where choppers bring extreme levels of unwanted noise. Residents of waterfront neighborhoods near the city's
City Council Members are looking to ban non-essential helicopters flights from NYC heliports to reduce noise and air pollution.to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!
It’s not just the scenic island in the harbor where choppers bring extreme levels of unwanted noise. Residents of waterfront neighborhoods near the city’s heliports, at East 34th Street and Wall Street, say the noise is so constant and deafening that they must account for it in the course of their day-to-day lives.
That would allow police, EMS, and news organizations to continue flying, but would put the kibosh on sightseeing flights for tourists and aerial commutes to the airport or the Hamptons by New York’s most well-heeled, flights which lawmakers say are unnecessary. The officials also publicly punted on bills that would require installation of “sound level meters” in high chopper traffic areas, as well as resolutions calling for the state to end non-essential flights from the West Side heliport , establish a “noise tax” on flights in the city, and calling on the FAA to entirely ban non-essential flights to prevent would-be users from flying out of New Jersey.
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